Models and tests of optimal density and maximal yield for crop plants

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 39, 2012, Pages 15823-15828

  Deng, Jianming ^a,b   Ran, Jinzhi ^a,b   Wang, Zhiqiang ^a   Fan, Zhexuan ^a   Wang, Genxuan ^c   Ji, Mingfei ^a   Liu, Jing ^a   Wang, Yun ^a   Liu, Jianquan ^a   Brown, James H ^b,d  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHINA; CROP; ENERGY; GROWTH RATE; MAXIMAL YIELD; PLANT GROWTH; PLANTING DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGRICULTURE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84866861672     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1210955109     Document Type: Article

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