Morphological quality of sweet corn (Zea mays L.) ears as response to soil moisture tension and phosphate fertilization in Campeche, Mexico

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1365-1374

  Rivera Hernandez B ^a   Carrillo Avila E ^b   Obrador Olan J J ^a   Juarez Lopez J F ^a   Aceves Navarro, L A ^a  

^a Colegio de Postgraduados ^*  (Mexico)

^b NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Carstic soils; Drip irrigation; Ear characteristics; Hybrid A7573; Tensiometers; Vertisols

Indexed keywords

CAMPECHE , MEXICO; CORN PRODUCTION; DRIP IRRIGATION; DRY WEIGHT; EAR CHARACTERISTICS; FACTORIAL EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FRESH WEIGHT; HARVEST INDEX; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; IRRIGATION WATER USE EFFICIENCY; IRRIGATION WATERS; KERNEL WEIGHT; ME-XICO; MEAN VALUES; PHOSPHORUS DOSE; REGRESSION MODEL; STATISTICAL DIFFERENCES; SWEET CORNS; VERTISOLS;

PHOSPHORUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SUBIRRIGATION; WATER SUPPLY;

MOISTURE DETERMINATION;

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DRIP IRRIGATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD QUALITY; GRASS; HARVESTING; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOSPHATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; TENSIOMETER; VERTISOL; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; YIELD RESPONSE;

CAMPECHE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77953360130     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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