Microclimatic and rooting characteristics of narrow-row versus conventional-row corn

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1129-1135

  Sharratt, Brenton S ^a   McWilliams, Denise A ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SOILS; THERMAL EFFECTS; VEGETATION;

NARROW-ROW CORN; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION (PAR); ROOT LENGTH DENSITY; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

AGRONOMY;

AGRONOMY; EVAPORATION; GRAIN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS; SOIL;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 23744446241     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2004.0292     Document Type: Article

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