Genetic resources of rice in the Western Himalayan region of India: Current status

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 963-973

  Rana, J C ^a   Negi, K S ^a   Wani, S A ^b   Saxena, Sanjeev ^a   Pradheep, K ^a   Kak, Anjali ^a   Pareek, S K ^a   Sofi, P A ^b  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES   (India)

^b SHER E KASHMIR UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY OF KASHMIR   (India)

Author keywords

Erosion; Genetic resources; Landraces; Rice; Variability; Western Himalaya

Indexed keywords

COLD TOLERANCE; GENETIC RESOURCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMPLASM; PLANT BREEDING; RICE;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 70450286354     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-009-9415-5     Document Type: Article

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