Rind puncture resistance in maize: Inheritance and relationship with resistance to pink stem borer attack

Plant Breeding

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 378-382

  Butron A ^a   Malvar, R A ^a   Revilla, P ^a   Soengas, P ^a   Ordas A ^a  

^a MISIÓN BIOLÓGICA DE GALICIA CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Combining ability; Genetic effects; Rind puncture resistance; Sesamia nonagrioides; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SESAMIA; SESAMIA NONAGRIOIDES; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036808428     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0523.2002.716313.x     Document Type: Article

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