Role of classical breeding in improvement of pulse crops

Classical breeding of many crops has been instrumental for ensuring food security by developing new varieties that are higheryielding,resistant to pests and diseases, drought-resistant or regionally adapted to different environments and growingconditions. A total of 513 cultivars of different pulse...

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Main Author: N. Nadarajan and Sanjeev Gupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Indian Society of Plant Breeders 2010-07-01
Series:Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding
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Online Access:http://sites.google.com/site/ejpb10/vol-1-4-3/Vol-1-4-1099-1106.pdf?attredirects=0