Swiss Flint maize landraces-A rich pool of variability for early vigour in cool environments

Field Crops Research

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-166

  Peter, Roland ^a   Eschholz, Tobias W ^a   Stamp, Peter ^a   Liedgens, Markus ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cold stress; Early vigour; Flint maize; Landraces; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLIMATOLOGY; CROP YIELD; MAIZE; VIGOR;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 57049157658     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2008.07.015     Document Type: Article

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