Determining seed performance of frost-damaged maize seed lots

Crop Science

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2089-2097

  DeVries, Mindy ^a   Goggi, A Susana ^a   Moore, Kenneth J ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 35348897211     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2007.01.0005     Document Type: Article

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