Source-sink relations and kernel weight differences in maize temperate hybrids

Field Crops Research

Volumn 95, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 316-326

  Gambín, Brenda L ^a   Borrás, Lucas ^a,b   Otegui, María E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Genotypic differences; Grain filling; Kernel growth rate; Maize; Source sink relations; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

GENOTYPIC DIFFERENCES; GRAIN FILLING; KERNEL GROWTH RATE; SOURCE-SINK RELATIONS;

CROPS;

GROWTH RATE; HYBRID; MAIZE; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE;

CORN; GRAIN; GROWTH; PLANTS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 30044435687     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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