Breeding Sorghum as a Bioenergy Crop

Bioenergy Feedstocks: Breeding and Genetics

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 83-116

  Stefaniak, T R ^a   Rooney, W L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding sorghum; Genetic variation; Germplasm resources; Stress tolerance; Traditional breeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886342284     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118609477.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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