Vegetative performance of tropical highland maize (Zea mays L.) in the Field

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-198

  Stehli, A ^a,b   Soldati, A ^a,b   Stamp, P ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptation chilling tolerance; Maize; Tropical germplasm

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GENETIC TRAIT; GERMPLASM; GROWTH RATE; HEAT SENSITIVITY; INTROGRESSION; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT VARIETY; TROPICS;

GERMPLASM; GROWTH; MAIZE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032696733     PISSN: 09312250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-037X.1999.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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