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A Design and Methods of Analysis to Monitor Crop Growth Conditions Illustrated with Sorghum Screening Trails for Resistance to Striga†

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

B. Gilliver ,
M. J. Vasudeva Rao  and
P. Venkateswarlu
B. Gilliver
Affiliation:
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru PO 502 324, AP, India
M. J. Vasudeva Rao
Affiliation:
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru PO 502 324, AP, India
P. Venkateswarlu
Affiliation:
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru PO 502 324, AP, India
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Summary

Checker-board field layouts are used to screen sorghum genotypes for resistance to Striga. A systematic check entry is used to monitor crop growth conditions and methods to analyse the results are assessed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , July 1985 , pp. 233 - 240
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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