Genetic improvement of grass pea (Lathyrus sativus) in Ethiopia: An unfulfilled promise

Plant Breeding

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-236

  Girma, Dejene ^a   Korbu, Lijalem ^a  

^a DEBRE ZEIT AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

N oxalyl L , diaminopropanoic acid; Conventional breeding; Grass pea; Modern approaches; Paradigm shift

Indexed keywords

LATHYRUS SATIVUS; PISUM SATIVUM;

EID: 84859423593     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: 14390523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2011.01935.x     Document Type: Review

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