Genotypic variation for morphological traits in a white clover mapping population evaluated across two environments and three years

Crop Science

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 460-472

  Jahufer, M Z Z ^a   Dunn, A ^a   Baird, I ^b   Ford, J L ^a   Griffiths, A G ^a   Jones, C S ^a   Woodfield, D R ^a   Barrett, B A ^a  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

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TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 84873549354     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2012.06.0370     Document Type: Article

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