Changes in yield and yield components of single-cross maize hybrids released in China between 1964 and 2001

Crop Science

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 512-525

  Wang, Tianyu ^a   Ma, Xinglin ^a   Li, Yu ^a   Bai, Dapeng ^b   Liu, Cheng ^c   Liu, Zhizhai ^a   Tan, Xianjie ^a   Shi, Yunsu ^a   Song, Yanchun ^a   Carlone, Mario ^d   Bubeck, David ^e   Bhardwaj, Hans ^e   Jones, Elizabeth ^e   Wright, Kevin ^e   Smith, Stephen ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b Pioneer Tieling Seeds Research Company   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^d Pioneer Hi Bred Int'l Inc   (United States)

^e PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79952460160     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2010.06.0383     Document Type: Article

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