Intra-population genetic variance for grain iron and zinc contents and agronomic traits in pearl millet

Crop biofortification is a sustainable approach for fighting micronutrient malnutrition in the world. The estimation of variance components in genetically broad-based populations provides information about their genetic architecture, allowing the design of an appropriate biofortification breeding me...

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Main Authors: Mahalingam Govindaraj, Kedar N. Rai, Ponnusamy Shanmugasundaram
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2016-02-01
Series:Crop Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214514115001178