The nitrogen adaptation strategy of the wild teosinte ancestor of modern maize, Zea mays subsp. parviglumis

Crop Science

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2780-2795

  Gaudin, Amelie C M ^a   McClymont, Sarah A ^a   Raizada, Manish N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS; ZEA MAYS SUBSP. PARVIGLUMIS;

EID: 80053625746     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2010.12.0686     Document Type: Article

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