Mechanisms of yield loss in Maize caused by weed competition

Weed Science

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 225-232

  Cerrudo, Diego ^a   Page, Eric R ^b   Tollenaar, Matthijs ^c   Stewart, Greg ^a   Swanton, Clarence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Harvest index; kernel number; kernel weight; plant to plant variability

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DRY MATTER; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLYPHOSATE; HYBRID; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LEAF; MAIZE; MATURATION; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOMASS; YIELD RESPONSE;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84860125724     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-D-11-00127.1     Document Type: Article

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