Diallel analysis of maize inbred lines for carotenoids and grain yield

Euphytica

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 395-404

  Senete, Constantino Tomás ^a   de Guimarães, Paulo Evaristo Oliveira ^b   Paes, Maria Cristina Dias ^b   de Souza, João Cândido ^c  

^a Liaison Office Mozambique Inst de Investigação Agraria de Mozambique   (Mozambique)

^b EMBRAPA MILHO E SORGO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carotenoids; General and specific combining ability; Grain yield; Maize; Provitamin A

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80255136316     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-011-0513-z     Document Type: Article

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