Yield response to plant density of maize and sunflower intercropped with soybean

Field Crops Research

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 423-429

  Echarte, L ^a   Maggiora, A Della ^a   Cerrudo, D ^a   Gonzalez, V H ^a   Abbate, P ^a   Cerrudo, A ^a   Sadras, V O ^b   Calvino P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intercrops; Maize; Plant density; Soybean; Sunflower

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CROP YIELD; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FARMING SYSTEM; GROWING SEASON; HARVESTING; HERB; INDEX METHOD; INTERCROPPING; MAIZE; POPULATION DENSITY; SOYBEAN; YIELD RESPONSE;

ARGENTINA; BALCARCE; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA];

GLYCINE MAX; HELIANTHUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79952703524     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2011.01.011     Document Type: Article

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