African Journal of
Plant Science

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Plant Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0824
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJPS
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 807

Full Length Research Paper

Association and variation on boll and seed morphology among hybrids between linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) and Linum bienne Mill. and their parents

Worku Negash Mhiret
  • Worku Negash Mhiret
  • Department of Biology, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 04 January 2019
  •  Accepted: 22 February 2019
  •  Published: 30 June 2019

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