Quantitative variation for grain quality in Brazilian maize populations Variação quantitativa para qualidade de grãos em populações brasileiras de milho

Development of maize (Zea mays L.) cultivars with high grain protein and oil concentrations and an appropriate amino acid composition, without losses in grain yield, represents a challenge in breeding programs. The objective of this work was to study the nutritional quality of ten Brazilian maize po...

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Main Authors: Andréa Mittelmann, José Branco de Miranda Filho, Luciano Lourenço Nass, Gustavo Júlio Melo Monteiro de Lima, Claudete Hara-Klein, Ricardo Machado da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2011-02-01
Series:Scientia Agricola
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162011000100008