Assessment of plant biomass and nitrogen nutrition with plant height in early-to mid-season corn

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 92, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 2611-2617

  Yin, Xinhua ^a   Hayes, Robert M ^a   McClure, M Angela ^a   Savoy, Hubert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corn; Early to mid season; Leaf N; Plant biomass; Plant height; Relationship

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; SEASON; SOIL; WEATHER;

BIOMASS; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; SEASONS; SOIL; WEATHER; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84866160065     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.5700     Document Type: Article

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