From out of old fields comes all this new corn: An historical perspective on heterosis in plant improvement

Concepts and Breeding of Heterosis in Crop Plants

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-12

  Goldman, I L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn; Heterosis; Inbreeding; Outbreeding; Plant hybridizers; Plant improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85104312488     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2135/cssaspecpub25.c1     Document Type: Chapter

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