Selection and adaptation to high plant density in the Iowa StiffStalk Synthetic maize (Zea mays L.) population: II. plant morphology

Crop Science

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2344-2351

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

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80053653978     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2010.09.0562     Document Type: Article

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