Diversity of Ethiopian tetraploid wheat germplasm: Breeding opportunities for improving grain yield potential and quality traits

Plant Genetic Resources: Characterisation and Utilisation

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Teklu, Yifru ^a   Hammer, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breeding opportunities; Ethiopia; Genetic diversity; Tetraploid wheats

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 68349147799     PISSN: 14792621     EISSN: 1479263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1479262108994223     Document Type: Article

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