Maize morphophysiological responses to intense crowding and low nitrogen availability: An analysis and review

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1426-1452

  Boomsma, Christopher R ^a   Santini, Judith B ^b   Tollenaar, Matthijs ^c   Vyn, Tony J ^b  

^a Dow AgroSciences   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY LEVEL; CHLOROPHYLL CONTENTS; FIELD STUDIES; GRAIN YIELD; HIGHER PLANTS; KERNEL WEIGHT; LEAF AREA; LEAF SENESCENCE; MAIZE (ZEA MAYS L.); N AVAILABILITY; N FERTILIZERS; N USE EFFICIENCY; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; PLANT DENSITIES; PLANT HEIGHT; PRE-FLOWERING; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; STEM DIAMETER; STRESS TOLERANCE; TOTAL BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PLANTS (BOTANY); PORPHYRINS;

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70350590710     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2009.0082     Document Type: Article

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