Morphological variation of sorghum landrace accessions on-farm in semi-arid areas of Zimbabwe

International Journal of Botany

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 376-382

  Mujaju, Claid ^a   Chakauya, Ereck ^b  

^a Genebank of Zimbabwe   (Zimbabwe)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Agromorphological characters; Genetic diversity; Sorghum landraces

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849101825     PISSN: 18119700     EISSN: 18119719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijb.2008.376.382     Document Type: Article

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