Biochemical analyses of inbreds and their heterotic hybrids in maize.

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Biochemical analyses of inbreds and their heterotic hybrids in maize.

Progress in clinical and biological research - 1 Jan 1990

Tsaftaris A S

Abstract excerpt

Since Shull's original description of heterosis, breeders have made wide use of this phenomenon. However while breeders and agronomists have been utilizing heterosis as a means of improving crop productivity, the biological basis of heterosis remains unknown. It is generally believed that our und...

Topics

Crosses, Genetic
Heterozygote
Hybrid Vigor
Hybridization, Genetic
Isoenzymes
Phenotype
Zea mays

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