Photosyntheticcharacterization and yield of summer corn (Zea mays L.) during grain filling stage under different planting pattern and population densities

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2524-2531

  Wei, Li ^a   Xiong, Youcai ^b,c   Ma, Baoluo ^c   Ma, Chao ^a   Zhang, Huiqin ^a   Shao, Yang ^a   Li, Pufang ^b   Cheng, Zhengguo ^b   Wang, Tongchao ^a,c  

^a HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fluorescence; Photosynthetic performance; Population; Summer maize (Zea mays L.); Yield

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; CHLOROPHYLL; CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FIELD METHOD; FLUORESCENCE; MAIZE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79957848892     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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