Resistant plants: Alfalfa variety resistant to aphid attack and adapted to desert areas planned

Stanford, E

Resistant plants: Alfalfa variety resistant to aphid attack and adapted to desert areas planned

Author

E. H. Stanford

Author Affiliations

E. H. Stanford is Associate Professor of Agronomy, University of California, Davis.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 9(7):5-5. DOI:10.3733/ca.v009n07p5b. July 1955.

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Abstract

The Principles of genetics—basic to scientific plant breeding—are to be applied in a project in the Imperial Valley to develop a strain of alfalfa resitant to the yellow clover aphid and adapted to the growing conditions in the desert areas of the southwest.

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