Temperature and photoperiod sensitivity of development in five cultivars of maize (Zea mays L.) from emergence to tassel initiation

Field Crops Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 93-107

  Birch, C J ^b   Hammer, G L ^a   Rickert, K G ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Maize; Modelling; Ontogeny; Photoperiod; Temperature; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031985501     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(97)00062-2     Document Type: Article

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