The use of endosperm balance number for predicting gamete selection in complex polyploid interspecific Trifolium repens x T. nigrescens crosses

Plant Breeding

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 518-523

  Hussain, S W ^a   Williams, W M ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Endosperm balance number; Interspecific hybrids; Trifolium spp.

Indexed keywords

TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM NIGRESCENS; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 51849143243     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: 14390523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2007.01479.x     Document Type: Article

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