Corn cob characteristics in irrigated central great plains studies

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 390-399

  Halvorson, Ardell D ^a   Johnson, Jane M F ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEEDSTOCKS; FOSSIL FUELS; LOCATION; WATER CONTENT;

CELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCKS; COB YIELDS; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); CORN COBS; FIELD STUDIES; GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGES; GRAIN YIELDS; GROWING SEASONS; LIQUID-FUEL PRODUCTIONS; N FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN UPTAKES; PLANT ORGANS; TILLAGE SYSTEMS;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 63049137163     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2008.0142x     Document Type: Article

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