Model of yield response of corn to plant population and absorption of solar energy

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Overman, Allen R ^a   Scholtz III, Richard V ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CANOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORN; CROP; DATA ANALYSIS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLANT NUTRIENT; PLANT YIELD; SOIL; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; UNITED STATES; WATER AVAILABILITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT;

ZEA MAYS;

BIOMASS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT; UNITED STATES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79551639006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016117     Document Type: Article

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