Heritability estimates for micronutrient composition of sweetpotato storage roots

HortScience

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1382-1384

  Courtney, M ^a   Mcharo, M ^a   La Bonte, D ^a   Gruneberg, W ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL POTATO CENTER   (Peru)

Author keywords

Biofortified crops; Ipomoea batatas; Iron and zinc concentration

Indexed keywords

IPOMOEA BATATAS;

EID: 54249140536     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.43.5.1382     Document Type: Article

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