Journal of
Plant Breeding and Crop Science

  • Abbreviation: J. Plant Breed. Crop Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-9758
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPBCS
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 447

Full Length Research Paper

Correlation and path coefficient analysis of yield and quality components of garden cress (Lepidium sativum L.) genotypes in Ethiopia

Legesse Tadesse
  • Legesse Tadesse
  • College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Department of Biology, Dire Dawa University, P.O. Box 1362, Dire Dawa University, Dire Dawa Ethiopia.
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Firew Mekbib
  • Firew Mekbib
  • College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, School of Plant Sciences, Haramaya University, P.O. Box 138, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.
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Adugna Wakjira
  • Adugna Wakjira
  • Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, P. O. Box 2003, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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Zerihun Tadele
  • Zerihun Tadele
  • Institute of Plant Sciences, University of Bern, Altenbergrain 21, 3013 Bern, Switzerland.
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  •  Received: 15 June 2018
  •  Accepted: 21 August 2018
  •  Published: 31 October 2018

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