Genetic resources and breeding cactus pear (opuntia spp.) for fodder production

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 581, Issue , 2002, Pages 87-93

  Mondragón Jacobo, Candelario ^a   Perez Gonzalez, Salvador ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Apomictic; Cold tolerence; Fodder; Germplasm; Nopal; Semiarid

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442459136     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.581.5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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