Identification of aluminum tolerance quantitative trait loci in tetraploid alfalfa

Crop Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 148-163

  Khu, Dong Man ^a   Reyno, Rafael ^b   Han, Yuanhong ^a   Zhao, Patrick X ^a   Bouton, Joseph H ^a,b   Brummer, E Charles ^a,b   Monteros, Maria J ^a,b  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 84872196651     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2012.03.0181     Document Type: Article

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