Phenotypic effects of the flowering gene complex in Canadian spring wheat germplasm

Crop Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 84-94

  Kamran, Atif ^a,b   Randhawa, Harpinder Singh ^c   Pozniak, Curtis ^d   Spaner, Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^c LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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EID: 84872180090     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2012.05.0313     Document Type: Article

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