Kernel set in maize hybrids and their inbred lines exposed to stress

Crop Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 870-878

  Echarte, Laura ^a   Tollenaar, Matthijs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33644990396     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2005.0204     Document Type: Article

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