Dissecting Maize Productivity: Ideotypes Associated with Grain Yield under Drought Stress and Well-watered Conditions

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1007-1020

  Cairns, Jill E ^a   Sanchez, Ciro ^a   Vargas, Mateo ^a   Ordoñez, Raziel ^a   Araus, Jose Luis ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Drought stress; Ideotypes; Maize; Senescence; Spectral reflectance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT STRESS; MAIZE; SENESCENCE; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; YIELD;

ARTICLE; DROUGHT; MAIZE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY;

DROUGHTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84870919975     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2012.01156.x     Document Type: Article

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