Genetic variation in testcrosses of European maize inbreds for resistance to the European corn borer and relations to line per se performance

Plant Breeding

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 319-327

  Kreps, R C ^a   Gumber, R K ^a   Schulz, B ^b   Klein, D ^a   Melchinger, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b Kleinwanzlebener Saatzucht AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Host plant resistance; Line per se performance; Testcross performance; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; GENOTYPIC VARIATION; GERMPLASM; HERITABILITY; HOST RESISTANCE; HYBRID; INBRED LINE; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT DISEASE CONTROL; TEST CROSS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031661926     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.1998.tb01948.x     Document Type: Article

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