Performance of early maize cultivars derived from recurrent selection for grain yield and Striga resistance

Crop Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-112

  Badu Apraku, B ^a   Fontem Lum, A ^a   Fakorede, M A B ^b   Menkir, A ^a   Chabi, Y ^a   The, C ^c   Abdulai, M ^d   Jacob, S ^a   Agbaje, S ^b  

^a Carolyn House ^*  (Burkina Faso)

^b Department of Community Medicine   (Nigeria)

^c INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

^d Savanna Agricultural Research Institute   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRIGA; STRIGA HERMONTHICA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 38949120505     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2007.01.0060     Document Type: Article

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