Study of the effect of plant density on the growth of maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids using the Richards function

Acta Agronomica Hungarica

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 417-436

  Berzsenyi, Z ^a   Dang, Q L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Dry matter accumulation; Leaf area index; Maize; Plant density; Plant growth analysis; Richards function

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 38549105966     PISSN: 02380161     EISSN: 15882527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AAgr.55.2007.4.3     Document Type: Article

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