Assessing of heritability and variance components of yield and some agronomic traits of different safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) cultivars

Asian Journal of Plant Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 554-557

  Arslan, Burhan ^a  

^a NAMIK KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Agronomic traits; Genotypic variance; Heritability; Safflower; Variance components; Yield

Indexed keywords

CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS;

EID: 34447298379     PISSN: 16823974     EISSN: 18125697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ajps.2007.554.557     Document Type: Article

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