Response of Brazilian maize hybrids from different eras to changes in plant density

Field Crops Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-51

  Sangoi, L ^a   Gracietti, M A ^a   Rampazzo, C ^a   Bianchetti, P ^a  

^a SANTA CATARINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Barrenness; Crowding; Grain yield; Kernel number; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); PHYSIOLOGY;

POPULATION DENSITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

HYBRID; MAIZE; POPULATION DENSITY; YIELD RESPONSE;

BRAZIL;

AVENA STRIGOSA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0037032563     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(02)00124-7     Document Type: Article

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