Grass and forage plant improvement in the tropics and sub-tropics

Grassland: A Global Resource

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 69-80

  Jank, L ^a   Do Valle, C B ^a   Resende, R M S ^a  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apomixis; Genetic improvement; Molecular breeding; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846118235     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.3920/978-90-8686-551-2     Document Type: Chapter

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