Hybrid breeding in durum wheat: Heterosis and combining ability

Crop Science

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2224-2230

  Gowda, M ^a   Kling, C ^a   Wurschum T ^a   Liu, W ^a   Maurer, H P ^a   Hahn, V ^a   Reif, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 78650120806     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2009.10.0637     Document Type: Article

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