Combining ability of tropical maize germplasm in West Africa. II. Tropical vs temperate x temporal origins

Maydica

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-141

  Kim, S K ^a   Ajala, S O ^b  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Africa; Inbred lines; Temperate; Tropical; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0029848250     PISSN: 00256153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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