African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Full Length Research Paper

A comparative assessment of the performance of a stay-green sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L) Moench) introgression line developed by marker-assisted selection and its parental lines

Isaac K. Galyuon
  • Isaac K. Galyuon
  • Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth, SY23 3EB, UK.
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Allan P. Gay
  • Allan P. Gay
  • Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth, SY23 3EB, UK.
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Charles T. Hash
  • Charles T. Hash
  • International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics - Sadore, BP12404, Niamey, Niger.
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Fran R. Bidinger
  • Fran R. Bidinger
  • International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics - ICRISAT, Patancheru, 502324, India.
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Catherine J. Howarth
  • Catherine J. Howarth
  • Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth, SY23 3EB, UK.
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  •  Received: 06 April 2019
  •  Accepted: 10 June 2019
  •  Published: 26 June 2019

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