Nitrogen uptake and utilization efficiency of European maize hybrids developed under conditions of low and high nitrogen input

Plant Breeding

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 480-486

  Presterl, T ^a   Groh, S ^b   Landbeck, M ^c   Seitz, G ^d   Schmidt, W ^c   Geiger, H H ^a  

^a Inst Plant Breed   (Germany)

^b Pioneer Génétique   (France)

^c KWS SAAT SE   (Germany)

^d AgReliant Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Breeding; Low N input; Maize; N uptake; N use efficiency; N utilization efficiency; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036943558     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0523.2002.00770.x     Document Type: Article

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