Morphological variation of Medicago sativa subsp. falcata genotypes and their hybrid progeny

Euphytica

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Riday, Heathcliffe ^a   Brummer, E Charles ^b  

^a U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alfalfa; falcata; germplasm; growth rate; hybrid; pre breeding

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO HYBRIDA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MEDICAGO SATIVA SUBSP. FALCATA;

EID: 7744223310     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:EUPH.0000047049.43566.1a     Document Type: Article

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