Potential of twenty exotic germplasms to improve Brazilian maize architecture

Brazilian Journal of Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 691-696

  Neto, Amadeu Regitano ^a   Nass, Luciano Lourenço ^b   De Miranda Filho, José Branco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b EMBRAPA RECURSOS GENÉTICOS E BIOTECNOLOGIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLANT GROWTH; POPULATION GENETICS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031440199     PISSN: 01008455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0100-84551997000400022     Document Type: Article

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