Development of field technique for mass screening of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) germ plasm under drought prone environments

Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 452-459

  Yaqoob, M ^a   Hollington, Phill A ^b   Gorham, Jahn ^b  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cicer arietinum; Drought; Germ plasm

Indexed keywords

CICER ARIETINUM;

EID: 84859872273     PISSN: 2079052X     EISSN: 20790538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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