Collection and characterization of yellow endosperm sorghums from West Africa for biofortification

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 991-1000

  Fernandez, M G Salas ^a,c   Kapran, I ^b   Souley, S ^b   Abdou, M ^b   Maiga, I H ^b   Acharya, C B ^a   Hamblin, M T ^a   Kresovich, S ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b Institut National de Recherches Agronomiques du Niger   (Niger)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; Genetic diversity; Provitamin A; Sorghum bicolor

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL A; CULTIVAR; GENETIC VARIATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANT BREEDING; SORGHUM;

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 70450271009     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-009-9417-3     Document Type: Article

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