Diversity among pearl millet landraces collected in north-western India

Annals of Arid Zone

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-53

  Yadav, O P ^a   Weltzien Rattunde, E ^b   Bidinger, F R ^b  

^a CENTRAL ARID ZONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

Author keywords

Arid environments; Genetic diversity; Landraces; Pearl millet; Pennisetum glaucum

Indexed keywords

ARIDA; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM;

EID: 23944469987     PISSN: 05701791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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