Gene action controlling grain yield and secondary traits in southern African maize hybrids under drought and non-drought environments

Euphytica

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 411-422

  Derera, John ^a   Tongoona, Pangirayi ^a   Vivek, Bindiganavile Sampath ^b   Laing, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b CIMMYT   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Drought tolerance; GCA; Gene action; Grain yield; Maize; SCA

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 46249124287     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-007-9582-4     Document Type: Article

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