Simulating source-limited and sink-limited kernel set with CERES-Maize

Crop Science

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 2078-2088

  Lizaso, J I ^a   Fonseca, A E ^b   Westgate, M E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 35348913722     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2006.08.0533     Document Type: Article

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