Grain yield potential strategies in an elite wheat double-haploid population grown in contrasting environments

Crop Science

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2577-2587

  García, Guillermo A ^a   Hasan, Ahmed K ^b   Puhl, Laura E ^a   Reynolds, Matthew P ^c   Calderini, Daniel F ^b   Miralles, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

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

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EID: 84885229377     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2012.11.0669     Document Type: Article

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