Plant development, agronomic performance and nutritive value of forage maize depending on hybrid and marginal site conditions at high latitudes

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 420-430

  Mussadiq, Zohaib ^a   Hetta, Mårten ^a   Swensson, Christian ^a,b   Gustavsson, Anne Maj ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Dairy Association   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Crop heat units; days after sowing; dry matter; maize silage; maturity; neutral detergent fibre; starch; yield; Zea mays L

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84861934981     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064710.2011.639795     Document Type: Article

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