Assessment of some major yield-limiting factors on maize production in a humid temperate environment

Field Crops Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-26

  Subedi, K D ^a   Ma, B L ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corn or maize; Major yield limiting factors; Micronutrients; Nitrogen application; Weed control; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CROP YIELD; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LIMITING FACTOR; MAIZE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; WEED; YIELD RESPONSE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; OTTAWA;

HEXAPODA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 56149092175     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2008.06.013     Document Type: Article

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