Impact of recent breeding history on the competitiveness of Chinese maize hybrids

Field Crops Research

Volumn 191, Issue , 2016, Pages 75-82

  Zhai, Lichao ^a,b   Xie, Ruizhi ^a   Wang, Pu ^b   Liu, Guangzhou ^a   Fan, Panpan ^a   Li, Shaokun ^a  

^a AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Breeding; Competitiveness; Donald's communal ideotype; Grain yield; Maize; Plant traits

Indexed keywords

CEREAL; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; DRY MATTER; FIELD METHOD; GENOTYPE; HYBRID; MAIZE; PLANT BREEDING; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84959868948     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2016.02.017     Document Type: Article

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