Genetics of grains per spike in durum wheat under normal and late planting conditions

Euphytica

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-7

  Sharma, S N ^a   Sain, R S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION   (India)

Author keywords

Duplicate epistasis; Durum wheat; Gene effects; Heterosis; Non allelic interactions

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 21744451169     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-004-2651-z     Document Type: Article

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