Note on relationship between leaf soluble carbohydrate and chlorophyll concentrations in maize during leaf senescence

Field Crops Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-17

  Rajcan, Irena ^a   Dwyer, Lianne M ^b   Tollenaar, Matthijs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Defoliation; Post silking period; SPAD; Stem carbohydrates; Thinning; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHLOROPHYLL; DEFOLIATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT LEAF; SENESCENCE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032854248     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(99)00023-4     Document Type: Article

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