Duration of the grain-filling period in maize is not affected by photoperiod and incident PPFD during the vegetative phase

Field Crops Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-21

  Tollenaar, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Grain filling period; Phenology; Photoperiod; PPFD; Rate of leaf appearance; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

MAIZE; PHOTON FLUX DENSITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032911633     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(98)00170-1     Document Type: Article

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