Variance component estimations and allocation of resources for breeding sweetpotato under East African conditions

Plant Breeding

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 311-315

  Gruneberg W J ^a   Abidin, E ^b,f   Ndolo, P ^c   Pereira, C A ^d   Hermann, M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b Arapai Agricultural College   (Uganda)

^c KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF LAS VILLAS   (Cuba)

^e INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Peru)

^f WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allocation of test capacity; East Africa; G x E interactions; Index selection; Ipomoea batatas; Variance components

Indexed keywords

IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA BATATAS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 4043159164     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2004.01000.x     Document Type: Article

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