Harvest date influence on dry matter yield and moisture of corn and stover

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 593-598

  Huang, H ^a   Faulkner, D B ^a   Berger, L L ^b   Eckhoff, S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn; Dry matter yield; Early harvest; Lodging; Moisture content; Mold; Stover

Indexed keywords

CORN; DRY MATTER YIELD; EARLY HARVEST; LODGING; STOVER;

ETHANOL; FUNGI; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

HARVESTING;

CROP YIELD; DRY MATTER; HARVESTING; LEAF; MAIZE; MATURATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM;

ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84861644068     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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