Yield and morpho-agronomical evaluation of food-grade white sorghum hybrids grown in Southern Italy

Journal of Plant Interactions

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 341-347

  Pontieri, Paola ^a,b   de Vita, Pasquale ^c   Boffa, Antonio ^a   Tuinstra, Mitchell R ^d   Bean, Scott R ^e   Krishnamoorthy, Gabriel ^f   Miller, Charles ^f,j   Roemer, Earl ^g   Alifano, Pietro ^h   Pignone, Domenico ⁱ   Massardo, Domenica Rita ^a,b   de Giudice, Luigi l ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^c Centro di Ricerca per la Cerealicoltura (CRA)   (Italy)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^f Richardson Seeds/MMR Genetics   (United States)

^g NU LIFE MARKET   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

ⁱ Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources   (Italy)

^j CFM Consulting Services   (United States)

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Author keywords

celiac disease; food grade sorghum; sorghum hybrid; yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867583836     PISSN: 17429145     EISSN: 17429153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17429145.2012.705340     Document Type: Article

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