Triple test cross analysis for salinity tolerance based upon seedling root length in maize (Zea mays L.)

Breeding Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 321-325

  Khan, Asif Ali ^a   McNeilly, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epistasis; Genetic basis; Maize; Salt tolerance; Seedling stage

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 25844500773     PISSN: 13447610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.55.321     Document Type: Article

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