Yield of photoperiod-sensitive sorghum hybrids based on Guinea-race germplasm under farmers' field conditions in Mali

Crop Science

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2454-2461

  Rattunde, H F W ^a   Weltzien, E ^a   Diallo, B ^b   Diallo, A G ^b   Sidibe, M ^a   Toure A O ^b   Rathore, A ^c   Das, R R ^c   Leiser, W L ^a,d   Toure A ^e  

^a International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics   (Mali)

^b Institut d'Economie Rurale Mali   (Mali)

^c INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^e West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use   (Ghana)

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EID: 84885231341     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2013.03.0182     Document Type: Article

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