Varietal differences in grain filling at the distal end of sweet corn ear

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 761-767

  Ogiwara, Isao ^a   Takura, Yukiko ^a   Shimura, Isao ^a   Ishihara, Kuni ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030895560     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.65.761     Document Type: Article

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