An evaluation of two collections of South African maize (Zea mays L.) germ plasm: 2. The genetic basis of dry-down rate

South African Journal of Plant and Soil

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 120-122

  de Jager, B ^a   Roux, C Z ^a   Kuhn H C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b ARC Grain Crops Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Additive variance; Dominance variance; Dry down rate; Heritability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; DOMINANCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERMPLASM; HERITABILITY;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 3843065828     PISSN: 02571862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02571862.2004.10635035     Document Type: Article

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