Temperate maize and heterosis

The Genetics and Exploitation of Heterosis in Crops

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 353-361

  Hallauer, A R ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crossing experiments; Genetic composition; Heterotic groups; Hybrid vigor; Inbred hybrid concept; Inbreeding experiments; Iowa corn yield test; Reciprocal recurrent selection programs; Temperate areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 85101888974     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/1999.geneticsandexploitation.c33     Document Type: Chapter

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