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Breeding and Testing Dwarf Sorghums in Nigeria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

D. J. Andrews
D. J. Andrews
Affiliation:
Institute for Agricultural Research, Samaru, Zaria, Nigeria
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Summary

The development of the first group of short-statured, late-maturing sorghum lines and hybrids and their initial testing for the Northern Guinea and sub-Sudan Savanna zones in Nigeria is described. The necessity of developing such types of sorghum is discussed, together with some of the problems encountered when breeding the new types.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , January 1970 , pp. 41 - 50
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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