Combining ability studies for physiological and grain yield traits in maize at two temperature regimes

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1817-1829

  Akbar, Muhammad ^a   Saleem, Muhammad ^b   Ashraf, M Yasin ^c   Husain, Amer ^d   Azhar, F M ^b   Ahmad, Rashid ^b  

^a Wheat Research Institute   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c NUCLEAR INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURE AND BIOLOGY NIAB   (Pakistan)

^d NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70349705982     PISSN: 05563321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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