N distribution in maize plant as a marker for grain yield and limits on its remobilization after flowering

Plant Breeding

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 500-505

  Debruin, Jason ^a   Messina, Carlos D ^a   Munaro, Eugenia ^a   Thompson, Karen ^a   Conlon Beckner, Caitlin ^a   Fallis, Lynne ^b   Sevenich, David M ^c   Gupta, Rajeev ^b   Dhugga, Kanwarpal S ^b  

^a DuPont Pioneer   (United States)

^b Trait Discovery and Technology   (United States)

^c Maize Product Development   (United States)

Author keywords

LAI; Leaf area; N; Nitrogen; Photosynthesis; Radiation; Remobilization; SLN

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84884973489     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: 14390523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbr.12051     Document Type: Article

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