Fifty years of wheat breeding in Southern Brazil: Yield improvement and associated changes

Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 817-825

  Rodrigues, Osmar ^a   Lhamby, Julio César Barreneche ^a   Didonet, Agostinho Dirceu ^b   Marchese, José Abramo ^c  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA ARROZ E FEIJÃO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genetic gain; Harvest index; Triticum aestivum; Yield components

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34547491340     PISSN: 0100204X     EISSN: 16783921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-204x2007000600008     Document Type: Article

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