Combining ability for resistance to maize weevil among 14 southern African maize inbred lines

Crop Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 662-667

  Dhliwayo, Thanda ^a   Pixley, Kevin V ^b   Kazembe, Vivian ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c MIDLANDS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Zimbabwe)

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EID: 14844349917     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2005.0662     Document Type: Article

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