Genetic variation for nitrogen remobilization and postsilking nitrogen uptake in maize recombinant inbred lines: Heritabilities and correlations among traits

Crop Science

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1787-1796

  Coque, M ^b   Gallais, A ^a  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b Syngenta Seeds SAS   (France)

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EID: 35348888980     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2007.02.0096     Document Type: Article

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