Influence of nitrogen and duration of weed interference on corn growth and development

Weed Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 546-556

  Evans, Sean P ^a,b   Knezevic, Stevan Z ^c   Lindquist, John L ^a   Shapiro, Charles A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical time of weed removal; Duration of weed interference; Growth analysis; Growth curves; Light competition; N competition; Resource acquisition

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CROP YIELD; GROWTH; LEAF AREA; MAIZE; NITROGEN; WEED CONTROL;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 11444263873     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/0043-1745(2003)051[0546:IONADO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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