Genetic variability and relationships for seed yield and its components in Chinese Cynodon accessions

Field Crops Research

Volumn 98, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 245-252

  Wu, Y Q ^a   Taliaferro, C M ^a   Martin, D L ^a   Goad, C L ^a   Anderson, J A ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis of variance; Bermudagrass; Breeding; Correlation coefficient analysis; Path coefficient analysis; Seed yield

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION THEORY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; SEED;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BERMUDAGRASS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT ANALYSIS; PATH COEFFICIENT ANALYSIS;

CROPS;

BREEDING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMPLASM; SELECTION; YIELD;

BREEDING; FARM CROPS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PHENOTYPES; SEEDS; YIELD;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

CYNODON DACTYLON;

EID: 33646713470     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

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