Yield increase has been more rapid for maize than for grain sorghum

Crop Science

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1560-1568

  Mason, Stephen C ^a   Kathol, Delon ^a   Eskridge, Kent M ^a   Galusha, Tomie D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SORGHUM BICOLOR; SORGHUM BICOLOR BICOLOR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 49249128994     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2007.09.0529     Document Type: Article

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