Donor inbred lines for enhancing the performance of single-cross sunflower hybrids

Crop Science

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1325-1331

  Cheres, Mercy T ^a   Miller, Jerry F ^b   Knapp, Steven J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; HYBRID; INBRED LINE; PLANT BREEDING;

EMBRYOPHYTA; HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS;

EID: 0032850277     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1999.3951325x     Document Type: Article

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