Response of yield heterosis to increasing plant density in maize

Crop Science

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1807-1816

  Liu, Weidong ^a   Tollenaar, Matthijs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coefficient of variation; CV; Harvest index; HI; Intercepted PAR by the leaf canopy; IPAR; LAI; Leaf area index; PAR; PGRSPlant growth rate during the critical period for kernel set bracketing silking; Photosynthetically active radiation

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70349195874     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2008.07.0422     Document Type: Article

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