Divergence in agronomic traits and performance of pearl millet cultivars in Brazilian semiarid region

Grassland Science

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 118-127

  Santos, Rafael ^a   Neves, Andre Luis ^b   Pereira, Luiz Gustavo ^b   Verneque, Rui ^b   Costa, Cleber Thiago ^c   Tabosa, Jose ^d   Scherer, Carolina ^e   Gonçalves, Lucio ^e  

^a EMBRAPA SEMIÁRIDO   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c Institute Federal of Sertão Pernambucano   (Brazil)

^d Agronomy Institute of Pernambuco (IPA)   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dry lands; multivariate analysis; rainfed agriculture; roughage; silage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; AGRONOMY; CULTIVAR; DIVERGENCE; FORAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SEMIARID REGION; SILAGE;

BRAZIL;

BOVINE RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM;

EID: 85018681826     PISSN: 17446961     EISSN: 1744697X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/grs.12154     Document Type: Article

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