Response to long-term selection in early maturing maize synthetic varieties

Euphytica

Volumn 143, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 43-49

  Hyrkas, A ^a   Carena, M J ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding methods; Long term selection; Plant density x genotype interaction; Synthetic varieties; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 23944443502     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-005-2238-3     Document Type: Article

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