Sequential path analysis of grain yield and its components in maize

Plant Breeding

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 343-346

  Agrama, H A S ^a  

^a PLANT PATHOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

correlation coefficient; kernel number; kernel size; path coefficient; prolificacy; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030498888     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.1996.tb00931.x     Document Type: Article

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