Improvement of commercial maize lines through the integration of genes and gene combinations from Elite lines

Acta Agronomica Hungarica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-79

  Hadi, G ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Inbred line development; Maize; Maize breeding

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845791024     PISSN: 02380161     EISSN: 15882527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AAgr.52.2004.1.9     Document Type: Article

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