Pearl millet inbred and testcross performance under low phosphorus in West Africa

Crop Science

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2574-2585

  Gemenet, Dorcus C ^a,b   Tom, C Tom ^c   Sy, Ousmane ^d   Zangre, Roger G ^e   Sanogo, Moussa D ^f   Leiser, Willmar L ^a   Parzies, Heiko K ^a   Haussmann, Bettina I G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c ICRISAT Sahelian Center   (Niger)

^d Institut Sénégalais de Recherches Agricoles ISRA Bambey   (Senegal)

^e INSTITUT DE L ENVIRONNEMENT ET DE RECHERCHES AGRICOLES INERA   (Burkina Faso)

^f Institut d Economie Rurale (IER) Cinzana   (Mali)

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EID: 84908165064     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2014.04.0277     Document Type: Article

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