Quality protein maize: Progress and prospects

Plant Breeding Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-130

  Atlin, G N ^a   Palacios, N ^a   Babu, R ^a   Das, B ^a   Twumasi Afriyie, S ^b   Friesen, D K ^b   De Groote, H ^c   Vivek, B ^d   Pixley, K V ^e  

^a INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^b International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)   (Ethiopia)

^c Department of Agronomy ^*  (Kenya)

^d Rice Wheat Consortium for Indo Gangetic Plains   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 84859961713     PISSN: 07302207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470880579.ch3     Document Type: Article

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