Contribution of population improvement to the development of maize lines with commercial value

Acta Agronomica Hungarica

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-17

  Hadi, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Inbred line development; Maize; Population improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842807752     PISSN: 02380161     EISSN: 15882527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AAgr.51.2003.1.2     Document Type: Article

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