Variation of sugary1 and shrunken2 gene frequency in different maize genetic backgrounds

Plant Breeding

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 478-481

  Revilla, P ^a   Malvar, R A ^a   Rodriguez V M ^a   Butron A ^a   Ordas B ^a   Ordas A ^a  

^a MISIÓN BIOLÓGICA DE GALICIA CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gene frequency; Shrunken2; Sugary1; Viability; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33748710856     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: 14390523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2006.01261.x     Document Type: Article

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