Identification of maize lines with contrasting responses to applied nitrogen

Journal of Plant Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 903-915

  Medici, Leonardo Oliveira ^a   Pereira, Maurício Ballesteiro ^a   Lea, Peter John ^b   Azevedo, Ricardo Antunes ^c  

^a FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genotype nitrogen interaction; Maize; Nitrogen; Nitrogen use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 18244375925     PISSN: 01904167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/PLN-200055586     Document Type: Article

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