Yield response of two cycles of selection from a semiprolific early maize (Zea mays L.) population to plant density, sucrose infusion and pollination control

Field Crops Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 109-116

  Sarquís, Jorge I ^a   Gonzalez, Hector ^a   Dunlap, James R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Ear prolificacy; Infusion; Maize; Pollination; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031964938     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(97)00071-3     Document Type: Article

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