Selection in cultivar trials—Is it ignorable?

Crop Science

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 192-201

  Piepho, Hans Peter ^a   Möhring, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 32344445592     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2005.04-0038     Document Type: Article

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