Quantitative genetic studies on breeding maize for adaptation to organic farming

Euphytica

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 501-510

  Burger, H ^a,b   Schloen, M ^a   Schmidt, W ^b   Geiger, H H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b KWS SAAT SE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Organic farming; Quantitative genetic parameters; Selection response; Specific adaptation; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 50249090047     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-008-9723-4     Document Type: Article

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