African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12486

Full Length Research Paper

Morph-physiological responses to water deficit in parental genotypes of Medicago truncatula recombinant inbred lines

Mounawer Badri
  • Mounawer Badri
  • Laboratory of Extremophile Plants, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj Cedria, B.P. 901, Hammam-Lif 2050, Tunisia.
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Saoussen Mahfoudh
  • Saoussen Mahfoudh
  • Laboratory of Extremophile Plants, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj Cedria, B.P. 901, Hammam-Lif 2050, Tunisia.
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Chedly Abdelly
  • Chedly Abdelly
  • Laboratory of Extremophile Plants, Centre of Biotechnology of Borj Cedria, B.P. 901, Hammam-Lif 2050, Tunisia.
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  •  Received: 29 November 2015
  •  Accepted: 29 April 2016
  •  Published: 22 June 2016

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