The effect of honeycomb selection for grain yield on a maize population

Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 143-149

  Sotiriou, A ^a   Koutsika Sotiriou, M ^b   Gouli Vavdinoudi, E ^b  

^a Inst Test Varieties Cultiv Plants   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS; POACEAE;

HONEYCOMB SELECTION; MAIZE; YIELD;

EID: 0030437171     PISSN: 00218596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0021859600077911     Document Type: Article

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