Combining ability, genetic distances, and heterosis among elite cimmyt and iita tropical maize inbred lines

Crop Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1201-1210

  Thanda Dhliwayo, ^a   Pixley, Kevin ^b   Menkir, Abebe ^c   Warburton, Marilyn ^d  

^a Monsanto   (Sweden)

^b IITA ^*  (Mexico)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^d Box 9555   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67849101847     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2008.06.0354     Document Type: Article

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