Selection for Earlier Flowering Crop Associated with Climatic Variations in the Sahel

Yves Vigouroux; Cédric Mariac; Stéphane De Mita; Jean-Louis Pham; Bruno Gérard; Issoufou Kapran; Fabrice Sagnard; Monique Deu; Jacques Chantereau; Abdou Ali; Jupiter Ndjeunga; Viviane Luong; Anne-Céline Thuillet; Abdoul-Aziz Saïdou; Gilles Bezançon

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019563

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Selection for Earlier Flowering Crop Associated with Climatic Variations in the Sahel

Yves Vigouroux ,

* E-mail: yves.vigouroux@ird.fr

Affiliations Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Niamey, Niger
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Cédric Mariac,

Affiliations Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Niamey, Niger
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Stéphane De Mita,

Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France
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Jean-Louis Pham,

Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France
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Bruno Gérard,

Affiliation International Center of Research for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Niamey, Niger
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Issoufou Kapran,

Affiliation Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger, Niamey, Niger
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Fabrice Sagnard,

Affiliation Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, Montpellier, France
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Monique Deu,

Affiliation Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, Montpellier, France
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Jacques Chantereau,

Affiliation Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, Montpellier, France
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Abdou Ali,

Affiliation Centre Régional AGHRYMET, Niamey, Niger
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Jupiter Ndjeunga,

Affiliation International Center of Research for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Niamey, Niger
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Viviane Luong,

Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France
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Anne-Céline Thuillet,

Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France
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Abdoul-Aziz Saïdou,

Affiliations Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Montpellier, France, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Niamey, Niger, Université Abdou Moumouni, Niamey, Niger
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Gilles Bezançon

Affiliation Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Niamey, Niger
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Selection for Earlier Flowering Crop Associated with Climatic Variations in the Sahel

Yves Vigouroux,
Cédric Mariac,
Stéphane De Mita,
Jean-Louis Pham,
Bruno Gérard,
Issoufou Kapran,
Fabrice Sagnard,
Monique Deu,
Jacques Chantereau,
Abdou Ali

Published: May 4, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019563

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