Potato breeding at the Scottish plant breeding station and the Scottish crop research institute: 1920-2008

Potato Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-172

  Bradshaw, John E ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding methods; Introgression; Neotuberosum; Phureja; Population improvement; Potato genetics; Progeny testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861825009     PISSN: 00143065     EISSN: 18714528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11540-009-9126-5     Document Type: Article

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