Maize Breeding and GeneticsHistory; Evolution; Breeding; Diseases and insects; Endosperm; Tissue; Gene action; Cytogenetics. |
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Contents
Introduction Meeting the Worlds Food Problems | 1 |
The Hybrid Corn Industry in the United States | 29 |
Recent Developments in Maize Breeding | 59 |
Copyright | |
34 other sections not shown
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Maize Breeding and Genetics A Wiley-interscience publication International Maize Symposium, 1977, University of Illinois |
| Editor | David B. Walden |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Wiley, 1978 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Aug 23, 2011 |
| ISBN | 0471918059, 9780471918059 |
| Length | 794 pages |
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