Development and characterization of Triticum aestivumAegilops kotschyi amphiploids with high grain iron and zinc contents

Plant Genetic Resources: Characterisation and Utilisation

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 271-280

  Rawat, Nidhi ^a   Tiwari, Vijay K ^a   Neelam, Kumari ^a   Randhawa, Gursharn S ^a   Chhuneja, Parveen ^b   Singh, Kuldeep ^b   Dhaliwal, Harcharan S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aegilops kotschyi; Amphiploid; Chromosome pairing; Grain iron; Grain zinc; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

AEGILOPS; AEGILOPS KOTSCHYI; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 75349097646     PISSN: 14792621     EISSN: 1479263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1479262109356592     Document Type: Article

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