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Integrating straw yield and quality into multi-dimensional improvement of lentil (Lens culinaris).
Journal of the science of food and agriculture - 1 Sept 2017
Alkhtib Ashraf, Wamatu Jane, Ejeta T Tolemariam, Rischkowsky Barbara
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Lentil straw is an important source of fodder for livestock in Africa, South Asia and the Middle East. However, improvement programmes of lentil do not pay attention to straw traits, neither are straw traits considered in release criteria of new varieties. This study aimed to determine whether straw traits can be integrated into multi-trait improvement of lentil. RESULTS: Wide genotypic variation (P <...
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