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Phosphorous Efficiency and Tolerance Traits for Selection of Sorghum for Performance in Phosphorous-Limited Environments

author(s) Weltzien, E.. - Rattunde, H.F.W.. - Diallo, A.. - Leiser, W.L.. - Piepho, H.P.. - Hausmann, B.I.G.. - Toure, A.
from UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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  • Western Africa
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
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Leiser, W.L.; Rattunde, H.F.W.; Piepho, H.P.; Weltzien, E.; Diallo, A.; Toure, A.; Hausmann, B.I.G. Phosphorous Efficiency and Tolerance Traits for Selection of Sorghum for Performance in Phosphorous-Limited Environments. Crop Science (2015) 55 (3) 1152-1162. (DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2014.05.0392)

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Abstract

Sorghum is widely cultivated in West Africa on soils with low phosphorus availability. Large genetic variation for grain yield under low-phosphorus conditions was observed among West Africa sorghum genotypes, but information is lacking on the usefulness of phosphorus-tolerance ratio and measures of phosphorus-acquisition and internal phosphorus-use efficiency as selection criteria for enhancing grain yield under low- phosphorus conditions

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