In-furrow starter fertilization enhances growth and maturity in early sweet corn

HortScience

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1007-1010

  Swiader, John M ^a   Shoemaker, William H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Banded; Fertilizer placement; Seed placed; Silking; Standcount; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031766936     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.33.6.1007     Document Type: Article

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