Genetic diversity of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) landraces from the central highlands of Ethiopia: Comparison between the Belg and Meher growing seasons using morphological traits

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1131-1148

  Hadado, Tesema Tanto ^a,b   Rau, Domenico ^a,c   Bitocchi, Elena ^a   Papa, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b Institute of Biodiversity Conservation   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agro ecosystem; Hordeum vulgare L.; Landraces; Morphological diversity; Plant breeding; Population structure

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BARLEY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GROWING SEASON; MUTATION; PLANT BREEDING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UPLAND REGION;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 70450252194     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-009-9437-z     Document Type: Article

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