Genetic effects of the soft starch (h) and background loci on volume of starch granules in five inbreds of maize

Plant Breeding

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 173-176

  Wilson, J A ^a   Glover, D V ^b   Nyquist, W E ^b  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endosperm; Gene action; Soft starch; Starch particle size; Starch particle volume; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

COMBINING ABILITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GENETIC VARIANCE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HYBRID; INBRED LINE; MAIZE; SELFING; SOFT STARCH GENE; STARCH;

EID: 0034092918     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0523.2000.00479.x     Document Type: Article

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