Geographic adaptation and cultivar selection

Alfalfa and Alfalfa Improvement

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 595-620

  Melton, Bill ^a   Moutray, Jim B ^b   Bouton, Joe H ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AgriPro   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Canada; Cultivar adaptation; Cultivar development; Cultivar release; Cultivar selection; Humid regions; Nonhumid regions

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103044533     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/agronmonogr29.c20     Document Type: Chapter

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