Xenia effects in maize with normal endosperm: I. Importance and stability

Crop Science

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1517-1525

  Bulant, C ^a   Gallais, A ^a,b  

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

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS FERTILIZATION; GENOTYPE; HYBRID; INBRED LINE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; POLLEN;

XENIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032418979     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1998.0011183X003800060019x     Document Type: Article

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