Senescence in field-grown maize: From flowering to harvest

Field Crops Research

Volumn 134, Issue , 2012, Pages 47-58

  Escobar Gutiérrez, Abraham J ^a   Combe, Laurette ^a  

^a French Natl Inst Agr Res INRA   (France)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Fluorescence; PSII; Soil water balance; SPAD; Water stress; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CHLOROPHYLL; FLOWERING; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; MAIZE; OPTICAL DEPTH; SENESCENCE; SOIL WATER; WATER BUDGET;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84861338391     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2012.04.013     Document Type: Article

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