Background and importance of 'Minnesota 13' corn

Crop Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 905-914

  Troyer, A Forrest ^a   Hendrickson, Lois G ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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CATOPTROPHORUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34548162622     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2006.10.0651     Document Type: Review

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