Breeding maize as biogas substrate in Central Europe: II. Quantitative-genetic parameters for inbred lines and correlations with testcross performance

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 981-988

  Grieder, Christoph ^a   Dhillon, Baldev S ^a   Schipprack, Wolfgang ^a   Melchinger, Albrecht E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; METHANE;

BIOGAS PRODUCTION; GENERAL COMBINING ABILITIES; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENOTYPIC CORRELATIONS; GENOTYPIC VARIATIONS; METHANE FERMENTATION; VARIANCE COMPONENTS; WEAK CORRELATION;

BIOGAS;

ZEA MAYS;

BIOFUEL; LIGNIN; METHANE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BREEDING; CROSS BREEDING; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MAIZE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE;

BIOFUELS; BREEDING; CROSSES, GENETIC; GENOTYPE; LIGNIN; METHANE; PHENOTYPE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84863797483     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-011-1762-x     Document Type: Article

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