Evaluation and Quantitative Inheritance of Several Drought-Relative Traits in Maize

Agricultural Sciences in China

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 280-290

  FU, Feng ling ^a   FENG, Zhi lei ^a   GAO, Shi bing ^a   ZHOU, Shu feng ^a   LI, Wan chen ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

drought tolerance; evaluation; maize; QTL; quantitative inheritance

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 44049097099     PISSN: 16712927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1671-2927(08)60067-X     Document Type: Article

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