Variation in water extraction with maize plant density and its impact on model application

Field Crops Research

Volumn 146, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-37

  Peake, Allan S ^a   Huth, Neil I ^a   Kelly, Alison M ^b   Bell, Kerry L ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

APSIM; Corn; Drought; Population; Root length density; Soil water

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIMITING FACTOR; MAIZE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL WATER; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84876362538     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2013.02.012     Document Type: Article

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