Prospects for developing perennial grain crops

BioScience

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 649-659

  Cox, Thomas S ^a   Glover, Jerry D ^a   Van Tassel, David L ^a   Cox, Cindy M ^a   DeHaan, Lee R ^a  

^a THE LAND INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop domestication; Interspecific hybridization; Perennial grain; Plant breeding; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

HELIANTHUS; THINOPYRUM INTERMEDIUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33746913873     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2006)56[649:PFDPGC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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