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Investigations preliminary to the production of cultivars of Andropogon gayanus

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Investigations of isolating barriers which may be operating within the perennial grass species Andropogon gayanus are described and their significance to the selection programme discussed. The taxonomy and cytological variation, the degree of crossfertilization and the effect of variation in time of flowering are considered.

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  1. Regional Research Station, Samaru, Zaria, Northern Nigeria

    W. H. Foster

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Foster, W.H. Investigations preliminary to the production of cultivars of Andropogon gayanus . Euphytica 11, 47–52 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00044804

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