Breeding and cereal yield progress

Crop Science

Volumn 50, Issue , 2010, Pages S-85-S-98

  Fischer, R A ^a   Edmeades, Gregory O ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORYZA SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77952822469     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2009.10.0564     Document Type: Article

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