Light interception and yield potential of short-season maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids in the Midsouth

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 225-234

  Edwards, Jeffrey T ^a   Purcell, Larry C ^b   Vories, Earl D ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DROUGHT; IRRIGATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SEED; YIELD STRESS;

FULL-SEASON HYBRIDS; MAIZE HYBRIDS; PLANT POPULATION; SUMMER DROUGHTS;

CULTIVATION;

BIOMASS; CULTIVATION; DROUGHT; IRRIGATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRODUCTION CONTROL; YIELD;

ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 13544252608     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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