Intra-specific competition in maize: Early establishment of hierarchies among plants affects final kernel set

Field Crops Research

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-13

  Maddonni, G A ^a   Otegui, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Intra specific competition; Kernel number; Maize; Plant hierarchies

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPETITION; CULTIVATION; GROWTH KINETICS; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SILK;

INTERPLANT INTERFERENCE; MONOCULTURES;

CROPS;

BIOMASS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MAIZE;

ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0347317970     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(03)00104-7     Document Type: Article

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