Drought tolerance improvement in tropical maize source populations: Evidence of progress

Crop Science

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 180-191

  Monneveux, P ^a   Sanchez C ^b   Beck, D ^b   Edmeades, G O ^c  

^a ENSA INRA   (France)

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

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

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ZEA MAYS;

EID: 32344453964     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2005.04-0034     Document Type: Article

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