Geographical patterns of diversity in pearl millet germplasm from Yemen

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 513-517

  Reddy, Narsimha ^a   Rao, Kameswara ^a   Ahmed, Irshad ^a  

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

Author keywords

Climate; Elevation; Geography; Landrace; Variation

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GERMPLASM; MILLET;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; YEMEN;

EMBRYOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM;

EID: 3242889769     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:GRES.0000024151.00362.dc     Document Type: Article

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