Aegilops kotschyi and Aegilops tauschii as sources for higher levels of grain Iron and Zinc

Plant Breeding

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 529-531

  Chhuneja, P ^a   Dhaliwal, H S ^b   Bains, N S ^a   Singh, K ^a  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

Aegilops kotschyi; Aegilops tauschii; Biofortification; Iron; Micronutrients; zinc

Indexed keywords

AEGILOPS KOTSCHYI; AEGILOPS TAUSCHII; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33748684610     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: 14390523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2006.01223.x     Document Type: Article

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