Selection environments for maize in the U.S. western High Plains

Crop Science

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1519-1526

  Guillen Portal, Fernando R ^a   Russell, W Ken ^b   Eskridge, Kent M ^b   Baltensperger, David D ^c   Nelson, Lenis A ^b   D'Croz Mason, Nora E ^b   Johnson, Blaine E ^d  

^a 4570 MT 35 ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^d Pioneer Hi Bred Int A DuPont Co   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 4444346387     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2004.1519     Document Type: Article

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