Effects of harvest date on maize in the humid sub-tropical mid-south USA. H.A. Bruns, H.K. Abbas . . . . . . . . .

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Long term selection for oil concentration in five maize populations. T.M. Song, S.J.Chen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Optimization of electroporation conditions for maize microspores. B. Obert, Z. Pónya, A.Pret’ová, B. Barnabás .

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Improving in vitro culture and regeneration conditions for Agrobacterium-mediated maize transformation. E. Lupotto, E. Conti, A. Reali, C. Lanzanova, E. Baldoni, L. Allegri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Detecting centromeric misdivision in crosses of a B-type chromosome in maize. W.R. Carlson . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Dynamics of maize aleurone cell formation: the “surface” rule. O.-A. Olsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . .

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QTL mapping of kernel oil concentration with high-oil maize by SSR markers. X.-F. Song, T.-M. Song, J.-R. Dai, T. Rocheford, J.-S. Li . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Verification of predictions from estimators of favorable alleles to improve yield of sweet corn hybrids. R.A. Malvar, M.E. Cartea, P. Revilla, P. Soengas, A. Ordás. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Genetic variability in the Indian maize germplasm for resistance to sorghum downy mildew (Peronosclerospora sorghi) and Rajasthan downy mildew (Peronosclerospora heteropogoni). K.N. Sudha, B.M. Prasanna, R.S. Rathore, T.A.S. Setty, R. Kumar, N.N. Singh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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