The impact of plant population density on crop yield and response to selection in maize

Maydica

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-48

  Fasoula, V A ^a   Tollenaar, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crop yield; Plant density; Response to selection; Responsiveness to inputs; Stress tolerance; Yield per plant

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 23844488850     PISSN: 00256153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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