Novel approach to eating quality improvement in local waxy corn: Improvement of sweet taste in local waxy corn variety with mixed kernels from super sweet corn

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 769, Issue , 2008, Pages 145-150

  Lertrat, K ^a   Thongnarin, N ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bicolor waxy corn hybrid; Glutinous corn breeding; Waxy corn hybrid

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 56349163941     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2008.769.19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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