Comparative response of two reciprocal recurrent selection methods in BS21 and BS22 maize populations

Crop Science

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-97

  Menz Rademacher, Monica A ^a   Hallauer, Arnel R ^b   Russell, W A ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC CROSS; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GENETIC VARIANCE; INBRED LINE; PLANT BREEDING; RECURRENT SELECTION;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032990041     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1999.0011183X003900010014x     Document Type: Article

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