Kernel number determination in maize

Crop Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 453-459

  Andrade, Fernando H ^a   Vega, Claudia ^a   Uhart, Sergio ^a   Cirilo, Alfredo ^a   Cantarero, Marcelo ^a   Valentinuz, Oscar ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032935516     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1999.0011183X0039000200026x     Document Type: Article

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