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Potential use of cimmyt gene pool material for improving low-temperature adaptation in Zea mays

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The effect of low temperature on seedling growth was studied in 21 entries of maize by comparing early and late sowing. With early sowing, high shoot dry weight was found in CIMMYT gene pools for tropical highland.

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  • Anonymous, 1974. Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Mayz y Trigo. CIMMYT report on maize improvement 1973. El Batan, Mexico.

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  1. Foundation for Agricultural Plant Breeding (SVP), Wageningen, the Netherlands

    P. Miedema

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Miedema, P. Potential use of cimmyt gene pool material for improving low-temperature adaptation in Zea mays . Euphytica 28, 661–664 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00038932

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