Corn stalk response to plant population and the Bt-European corn borer trait

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 657-664

  Stanger, Trenton F ^a   Lauer, Joseph G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION DYNAMICS;

CORN HYBRIDS; RIND PENETROMETER RESISTANCE (RPR); STALK LODGING;

CROPS;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; FARM CROPS; GRAIN; PLANTS;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; OSTRINIA NUBILALIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34249072295     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2006.0079     Document Type: Article

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