Maize nutrient accumulation and partitioning in response to plant density and nitrogen rate: I. macronutrients

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 727-734

  Ciampitti, Ignacio A ^a   Camberato, Jim J ^a   Murrell, Scott T ^b   Vyn, Tony J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b International Plant Nutrition Institute   (United States)

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EID: 84877264687     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2012.0467     Document Type: Article

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