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Phenotypic and genotypic correlations between soybean agronomic traits and path analysis.

B Q V Machado1, A P O Nogueira2, O T Hamawaki3

  • 1Instituto de Ciências Agrárias, , , Brasil beliza_queiroz@hotmail.com.

Genetics and Molecular Research : GMR
|June 28, 2017
PubMed
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This study identified key soybean traits for improving grain yield. The number of pods with three seeds is crucial for direct selection, while other pod traits aid indirect selection for higher yields.

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