Heterosis: Performance stability, adaptability to changing technology, and the foundation of agriculture as a business (pages:)

Concepts and Breeding of Heterosis in Crop Plants

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 13-27

  Tomes, Dwight T ^a  

^a Pioneer Hi Bred International Johnston   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptability; Agriculture; Business; Heterosis; Hybrid maize breeding; Maize hybrids; Performance stability; Yield stability

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EID: 84889127260     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2135/cssaspecpub25.c2     Document Type: Chapter

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