Physiological traits associated with mass selection for improved yield in a maize population

Field Crops Research

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 239-246

  Sarquís, Jorge I ^a   Gonzalez, Hector ^a   Sánchez De Jiménez, Estela ^a   Dunlap, James R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031903466     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(96)01056-8     Document Type: Article

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