Modern maize hybrids can improve grain yield as plus-hybrids by the combined effects of cytoplasmic male sterility and allo-pollination

Maydica

Volumn 53, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 261-268

  Munsch, M ^a,b   Camp, K H ^b   Stamp, P ^a   Weider, C ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Delley Seeds and Plants Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CMS; Cytoplasmic male sterility; Grain yield; Maize (zea mays L.); Plus hybrid; Xenia

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77951086949     PISSN: 00256153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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