Discrimination of salt tolerant and susceptible cotton genotypes at seedling stage using selection index

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 339-345

  Abbas, Ghulam ^a   Khan, Tariq Manzoor ^a   Khan, Asif Ali ^a   Khan, Azeem Iqbal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Component of variance; Genetic advance; Heritability; Salt stress; Selection index; Upland cotton

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 79955015950     PISSN: 15608530     EISSN: 18149596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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