Effect of maize plant detasseling on grain yield, tolerance to high plant density and drought stress

Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 677-684

  Sangoi, Luis ^a   Salvador, Ricardo Jonathan ^b  

^a SANTA CATARINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apical dominance; Tassel; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032364565     PISSN: 0100204X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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