Effects of fuzzless cottonseed phenotype on cottonseed nutrient composition in near isogenic cotton (Gossypium hirsutum l.) mutant lines under well-watered and water stress conditions

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Bellaloui, Nacer ^a   Turley, Rickie B ^a  

^a Crop Genetics Research Unit Plant Physiology United States Department of Agricuiture Agricuiturai Research Service ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Boron; Cotton mutants; Drought; Isogenic cotton; Seed composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901052869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00516     Document Type: Article

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