Combining ability studies in tropical sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench)

Field Crops Research

Volumn 88, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 251-260

  Kenga, R ^a   Alabi, S O ^b   Gupta, S C ^c,d  

^a Inst of Agronomic Res for Devmt   (Cameroon)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c ICRISAT Nigeria   (Nigeria)

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

Author keywords

Combining ability; Hybrid breeding; Sorghum bicolor; Tropical landrace

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; GENES; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

GENERAL COMBINING ABILITY (GCA); TROPICAL SORGHUM;

CROPS;

CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVAR; HYBRID; PLANT BREEDING; SELECTIVE BREEDING; SORGHUM;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 2442488752     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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