Capturing heterosis in forage crop cultivar development

Crop Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 943-954

  Brummer, E Charles ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CROSS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; HETEROSIS;

EID: 0032766187     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1999.0011183X003900040001x     Document Type: Review

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