Assessing heritability and variance components of agronomic traits of four alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) cultivars

Acta Agronomica Hungarica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 263-268

  Ates E ^a   Tekeli, A S ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Agronomic traits; Alfalfa; Heritability; Medicago sativa L.; Variance components

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744509440     PISSN: 02380161     EISSN: 15882527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AAgr.52.2004.3.7     Document Type: Article

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