Twenty cycles of biparental mass selection for prolificacy in the open-pollinated maize population golden glow

Crop Science

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1527-1532

  Maita, R ^a   Coors, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0030484279     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1996.0011183X003600060021x     Document Type: Article

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