Yield potential progress in short bread wheats in northwest Mexico

Crop Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 36-42

  Sayre, K D ^a   Rajaram, S ^a   Fischer, R A ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^b ACIAR   (Australia)

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TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031032743     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1997.0011183X003700010006x     Document Type: Article

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