Yield improvement in temperate maize is attributable to greater stress tolerance

Crop Science

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1597-1604

  Tollenaar, M ^a   Wu, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CROP YIELD; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; STRESS TOLERANCE; WATER UPTAKE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0033381834     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1999.3961597x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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