Influence of plant height and of leaf number on maize production at high plant densities

Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 297-306

  Sangoi, Luis ^a   Salvador, Ricardo Jonathan ^b  

^a SANTA CATARINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grain yield; Plant population; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032373556     PISSN: 0100204X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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