Morphological characterization and evaluation of little millet (Panicum sumatrense Roth. ex. Roem. and Schultz.) germplasm

Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 148-155

  Nirmalakumari, A ^a   Salini, K ^a   Veerabadhiran, P ^a  

^a TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Correlation; Germplasm; Little millet; Path analysis; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885871556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 0975928X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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