Minnesota corn breeding history: Department of agronomy & plant genetics centennial

Crop Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1141-1150

  Troyer, A Forrest ^a   Mikel, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 77953954727     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2010.02.0072     Document Type: Article

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