Selection and adaptation to high plant density in the Iowa Stif stalk synthetic maize (Zea mays L.) population

Crop Science

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1965-1972

  Brekke, Brent ^a   Edwards, Jode ^a   Knapp, Allen ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79961177868     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2010.09.0563     Document Type: Article

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