Kale population improvement and cultivar production

Euphytica

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 275-288

  Bradshaw, John E ^a   Wilson, Ralph N ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clubroot; Digestibility; Family selection; Glucosinolates; Kale breeding; S methylcysteine sulphoxide

Indexed keywords

BOS; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ACEPHALA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. MEDULLOSA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84857233781     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-011-0612-x     Document Type: Article

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