Background and importance of Troyer Reid corn

Crop Science

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2460-2467

  Troyer, A Forrest ^a   Palmer, Lorrene S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 33845635743     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2005.10.0359     Document Type: Review

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