African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12513

Full Length Research Paper

Genetic progresses from over four decades of sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, Poaceaea family] breeding in Ethiopia

Tsegaye Gebremariam Gebregiorg
  • Tsegaye Gebremariam Gebregiorg
  • Tigray Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), P. O. Box 492, Mekelle, Ethiopia.
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Taye Tadesse
  • Taye Tadesse
  • Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Melkassa Agricultural Research Center, National Sorghum Research Program, Ethiopia.
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Amare Seyoum
  • Amare Seyoum
  • Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Melkassa Agricultural Research Center, National Sorghum Research Program, Ethiopia.
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Hussein Mohamed
  • Hussein Mohamed
  • School of Plant and Horticultural Sciences, Hawassa university College of Agriculture, P. O. Box 05 Hawassa, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 04 August 2019
  •  Accepted: 08 November 2019
  •  Published: 31 October 2020

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