Conventional breeding methods

Chickpea Breeding and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 369-390

  Salimath, P M ^a   Toker, C ^b   Sandhu, J S ^c   Kumar, J ^d   Suma, B ^a   Yadav, S S ^d   Bahl, P N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Faculty of Agriculture   (Turkey)

^c PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^e NONE   (India)

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