Improving grain yield and yield components via backcross procedure

Maydica

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-153

  Chen, H M ^a   Zhang, Y D ^a   Chen, W ^a   Kang, M S ^b   Tan, J ^a   Wang, Y F ^a   Yang, J Y ^a   Fan, X M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS   (China)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Consecutive backcross procedure with key agronomic trait selection; General combining ability (GCA); Grain yield and yield components; Maize (Zea May L.) breeding; Quantitative trait improvement; Specific combining ability (SCA)

Indexed keywords

ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77958016926     PISSN: 00256153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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