Crop management affects dry-milling quality of flint maize kernels

Field Crops Research

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 140-150

  Cirilo, A G ^a   Actis, M ^b   Andrade, F H ^a,b,c   Valentinuz, O R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^c Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Crop management; Dry milling quality; Flint maize; Hardness associated properties; Post silking growth

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; HARDNESS; MAIZE; MILLING; PLANT PRODUCT; SOWING DATE; YIELD RESPONSE;

ARGENTINA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79955382994     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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