Improvement of early vigor and adaptation of sweet corn to the European Atlantic coast with open-pollinated field corn populations

Maydica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-125

  Cartea, M E ^a   Malvar, R A ^a   Revilla, P ^a   Ordas, A ^a  

^a MISIÓN BIOLÓGICA DE GALICIA CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

adaptation; Early vigor; Maize; Sweet corn

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0029824153     PISSN: 00256153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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