QTL Associated with Accumulation of Tocopherols in Maize

Crop Science

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2257-2266

  Wong, Jeffrey C ^a   Lambert, Robert J ^b   Tadmor, Yaakov ^c   Rocheford, Torbert R ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0242676276     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2003.2257     Document Type: Article

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