Optimizing resource allocation for multistage selection in plant breeding with R package Selectiongain

Crop Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1413-1418

  Mi, Xuefei ^a   Utz, H Friedrich ^a   Technow, Frank ^a   Melchinger, Albrecht E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

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EID: 84903127012     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2013.10.0699     Document Type: Article

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