Relationship of carbohydrate and abscisic acid levels to kernel set in maize under postpollination water deficit

Crop Science

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 980-988

  Setter, Tim L ^a   Parra, Romelia ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

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EID: 77951062772     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2009.07.0391     Document Type: Article

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