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Classification of Sorghum Races in the Southern Africa Sorghum Germplasm

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Title Classification of Sorghum Races in the Southern Africa Sorghum Germplasm
 
Creator Obilana, A B
Rao, K E P
Mangombe, N
House, L R
 
Subject Sorghum
 
Description Charartenzatton of nermplarm 15 an imponant first stro. after collrction, In the
~dentfication and rvaluat;on of indigenous accessions. A slgnlficant component of
characterization 1s the clasr~ficat~oonf the dlfferent types of accessions contamed ~n
the collect~on.W lthln the dlfferent types ofsorghum&cesslons In the world, several
forms have been ~dentifird These were or~einallyc lass~fiedi nto cultivated (.3 1 s.p ecies)
and related wlld rp-clen (17 species) [Snowden 1936, 1955).
The vanous groups of sorghum and thelr d~stnbutionw ere further dercrihed by de
Wet et al (1970) It was not until later that a method of classificat.......................
 
Date 1996
 
Type Conference or Workshop Item
PeerReviewed
 
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Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/4740/1/CP_1064.pdf
Obilana, A B and Rao, K E P and Mangombe, N and House, L R (1996) Classification of Sorghum Races in the Southern Africa Sorghum Germplasm. In: Drought-tolerant crops for southern Africa: Proceedings of the SADC/ICRISAT Regional Sorghum and Pearl Millet Workshop, 25-29 July 1994, Gaborone, Botswana.