Establishing a core collection of foxtail millet to enhance the utilization of germplasm of an underutilized crop

Plant Genetic Resources: Characterisation and Utilisation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-184

  Upadhyaya, Hari D ^a   Pundir, R P S ^a   Gowda, C L L ^a   Gopal Reddy, V ^a   Singh, S ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

Author keywords

Diversity index; Foxtail millet; Germplasm diversity; Phenotypic correlation; Setaria italica

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SETARIA ITALICA;

EID: 68349157618     PISSN: 14792621     EISSN: 1479263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1479262108178042     Document Type: Article

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