Identifying open-pollinated populations of field corn as sources of cold tolerance for improving sweet corn

Euphytica

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 239-247

  Revilla, Pedro ^a   Malvar, Rosa Ana ^a   Cartea, María Elena ^a   Ordás, Amando ^a  

^a MISIÓN BIOLÓGICA DE GALICIA CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cold tolerance; Favorable alleles; Field by sweet corn hybrids; Field corn populations; Sweet corn; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALLELE; COLD TOLERANCE; CROSSING; GENETIC SCREENING; GERMINATION; HYBRID; INBRED LINE; POLLINATION; SURVIVAL; SWEET CORN;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031807013     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018342204213     Document Type: Article

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