Genetic analysis of the related traits of flowering and silk for hybrid seed production in maize

Genes and Genomics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-61

  Xie, Huiling ^a   Ding, Dong ^a   Cui, Zitian ^a   Wu, Xin ^a   Hu, Yanmin ^a   Liu, Zonghua ^a   Li, Yuling ^a   Tang, Jihua ^a  

^a HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Flowering related traits; Maize(Zea mays L.); QTL analysis; Seed production

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77956640421     PISSN: 19769571     EISSN: 20929293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13258-010-0801-3     Document Type: Article

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