Maize hybrids less dependent on high plant densities improve resource-use efficiency in rainfed and irrigated conditions

Field Crops Research

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 345-351

  Tokatlidis, I S ^a   Has, V ^b   Melidis, V ^c   Has, I ^b   Mylonas, I ^a   Evgenidis, G ^c   Copandean, A ^b   Ninou, E ^c   Fasoula, V A ^d  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b Agricultural Research   (Romania)

^c INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crop yield potential; Density dependent hybrids; Density neutral hybrids; Drought prone environments; Maize; Resource use efficiency

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HYBRID; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; MAIZE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRODUCTIVITY; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; RESOURCE USE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78650525383     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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