Genetic analysis of root traits in maize

Agronomie

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 225-235

  Guingo, Emmanuelle ^a   Hébert, Yannick ^a   Charcosset, Alain ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

Author keywords

Linkage effect; Pleitropic effect; QTL; Root lodging; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031720798     PISSN: 02495627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/agro:19980305     Document Type: Article

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