Estimates of genetic variance and level of dominance in a tropical maize population. I. Grain yield and plant traits

Maydica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 65-71

  Silva, A R ^a   Souza Jr , C L ^a   Aguiar, A M ^a   De Souza, A P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Additive variance; Dominance variance; F 2 population; Genetic correlation; Level of dominance; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 5344259075     PISSN: 00256153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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