Growth rate rather than growth duration drives growth heterosis in maize B104 hybrids

Plant Cell and Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 374-382

  Feys, Kim ^a,b   Demuynck, Kirin ^a,b   De Block, Jolien ^a,b   Bisht, Anchal ^a,b   De Vliegher, Alex ^c   Inzé, Dirk ^a,b   Nelissen, Hilde ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Belgium   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

GA20 oxidase; heterosis; leaf growth; maize; plant biotechnology; PLASTOCHRON1

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CULTIVAR; ENZYME; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; HETEROSIS; HYBRID; LEAF; MAIZE; SEED; SELECTIVE BREEDING; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; YIELD;

ZEA MAYS;

GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROSIS; MAIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT LEAF; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

HYBRID VIGOR; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85040738756     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.13099     Document Type: Article

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