Row width and plant density effects on corn grain production in the northern Corn Belt

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1020-1023

  Widdicombe, William D ^a   Thelen, Kurt D ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ENGINEERING; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); HARVESTING; MOISTURE;

PLANT DENSITY STRESS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036745474     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2002.1020     Document Type: Article

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