Manifestation of heterosis during early maize (Zea mays L.) root development

Theoretical and Applied Genetics

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 421-429

  Hoecker, Nadine ^a   Keller, Barbara ^b   Piepho, Hans Peter ^b   Hochholdinger, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MORPHOLOGY; SEED;

EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; MOLECULAR STUDIES; SEEDLING DEVELOPMENT; SEMINAL ROOTS;

CROPS;

FARM CROPS; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HETEROSIS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84930188735     PISSN: 00405752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00122-005-0139-4     Document Type: Article

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