Heterosis for grain yield and other agronomic traits in foxtail millet

Crop Science

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1960-1965

  Siles, M M ^a   Russell, W Ken ^b   Baltensperger, David D ^a   Nelson, Lenis A ^b   Johnson, Blaine ^c   Van Vleck, L Dale ^d   Jensen, S G ^d   Hein, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c Pioneer Hi Bred Int   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOPECURUS PRATENSIS; SETARIA ITALICA;

EID: 8444242242     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2004.1960     Document Type: Conference Paper

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