Epistasis for grain yield in two F2 populations of maize

Crop Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 346-352

  Eta Ndu, J T ^a   Openshaw, S J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKCROSSING; BREEDING; EPISTASIS; GENETIC CROSS; GENOTYPIC VARIATION; INBRED LINE; LINKAGE GROUP; PLANT GENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; RANDOMIZATION; SPLIT PLOT RESTRICTION;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032905748     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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