Optimum plant population for fresh-market sweet corn in the northeastern United States

HortTechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 331-336

  Morris, Thomas F ^a   Hamilton, George ^b   Harney, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Univ New Hampshire Coop Exten S   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry matter yield; Plant density; Soil nitrate; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0034070465     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.10.2.331     Document Type: Article

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