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PLANT breeders producing new sorghum varieties for use by peasants in relatively under-developed areas are faced with the problem that such varieties may quickly disappear, through crossing with the local unimproved types.
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DOGGETT, H. Tetraploid Varieties of Sorghum vulgare . Nature 179, 786 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/179786a0
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