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

Marker-assisted backcrossing for associating nutritional quality to drought tolerance in barley

Amani Ben Naceur
  • Amani Ben Naceur
  • Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, El-Manar University, Tunisia.
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Sameh Mnasri
  • Sameh Mnasri
  • National Gene Bank of Tunisia, Boulevard Leader Yasser Arafat 1080, Cherguia 1, Tunis, Tunisia.
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Hatem Cheikh-M’hamed
  • Hatem Cheikh-M’hamed
  • National Agronomic Research Institute of Tunisia, 2040, Ariana-Tunis, Tunisia.
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Chedly Abdelly
  • Chedly Abdelly
  • National Gene Bank of Tunisia, Boulevard Leader Yasser Arafat 1080, Cherguia 1, Tunis, Tunisia.
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M’barek Ben Naceur
  • M’barek Ben Naceur
  • Center of Biotechnology of Borj Cedria, Tunisia.
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  •  Received: 03 September 2018
  •  Accepted: 01 November 2018
  •  Published: 28 November 2018

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