Comparison of nutritional traits variability in selected eighty-seven inbreds from Chinese maize (Zea mays L.) germplasm

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 6506-6511

  Chander, Subhash ^a   Meng, Yijiang ^a   Zhang, Yirong ^a   Yan, Jianbing ^a   Li, Jiansheng ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Correlation; Nutritional traits; Seed quality; Variability; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CORN OIL; STARCH; TOCOPHEROL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; INBREEDING; MAIZE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT SEED;

CAROTENOIDS; CHINA; CORN OIL; INBREEDING; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANT PROTEINS; SEEDS; STARCH; TOCOPHEROLS; VARIATION (GENETICS); ZEA MAYS;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 50449097297     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf7037967     Document Type: Article

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