Improvement in regression of corn yield with plant height using relative data

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 91, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2606-2612

  Yin, Xinhua ^a   McClure, M Angela ^a   Hayes, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn; Plant height; Regression; Relative plant height; Relative yield; Yield

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CROP; GOSSYPIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METHODOLOGY; NITROGEN CYCLE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOYBEAN; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GOSSYPIUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN CYCLE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOYBEANS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TENNESSEE; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80053929599     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4477     Document Type: Article

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