Corn grain yields and yield stability in four long-term cropping systems

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 940-946

  Grover, K K ^a   Karsten, H D ^b   Roth, G W ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVENA SATIVA; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; CORN (ZEA MAYS L.); CORN GRAIN YIELD; CORN YIELDS; CROP YIELD; CROPPING SYSTEMS; FERTILITY MANAGEMENT; GLYCINE MAX; HIGHER YIELD; MEDICAGO; RED CLOVER; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; WINTER WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.); YIELD STABILITY; YIELD TRENDS;

CROPS; MANURES; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROTATION;

SYSTEM STABILITY;

AVENA SATIVA; GLYCINE MAX; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PHLEUM PRATENSE; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 68149105926     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2008.0221x     Document Type: Article

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