13C discrimination in corn grain can be used to separate and quantify yield losses due to water and nitrogen stresses

Weed Science

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-29

  Clay, David E ^a   Clay, Sharon A ^a   Lyon, Drew J ^b   Blumenthal, Juerg M ^c  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Modeling yield loss; Nitrogen stress; Water stress

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CROP YIELD; DATA ACQUISITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIGHT EFFECT; MAIZE; NITROGEN; WATER STRESS;

NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33646800582     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-04-070R1     Document Type: Article

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