Prospects for using marker-assisted breeding to improve maize production in Africa

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 745-755

  Stevens, Robyn ^a  

^a DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Drought; Marker assisted breeding; Micronutrients; Quantitative trait loci; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 40649114747     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.3154     Document Type: Review

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