Tetraploid Varieties of Sorghum vulgare (original) (raw)

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PLANT breeders producing new sorghum varieties for use by peasants in relatively under-developed areas are faced with the problem that such varieties may quickly disappear, through crossing with the local unimproved types.

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1. Department of Agriculture, Ukiriguru, P.O. Fela, Lake Province, Tanganyika
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DOGGETT, H. Tetraploid Varieties of Sorghum vulgare.Nature 179, 786 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/179786a0

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• Issue date: 13 April 1957
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