Searching for Adaptation to Abiotic Stress: Ecogeographical Analysis of Highland Ecuadorian Maize

Crop Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 262-274

  Tapia, César ^b   Torres, Elena ^a   Parra Quijano, Mauricio ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Inst Nac Autonomo Invest A   (Ecuador)

^c Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   (Italy)

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EID: 84923023379     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2013.12.0813     Document Type: Article

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