Physiological dynamics of maize nitrogen uptake and partitioning in response to plant density and nitrogen stress factors: II. reproductive phase

Crop Science

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2588-2602

  Ciampitti, Ignacio A ^a   Murrell, Scott T ^c   Camberato, James J ^b   Tuinstra, Mitch ^b   Xia, Yanbing ^b   Friedemann, Peter ^d   Vyn, Tony J ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c International Plant Nutrition Institute   (United States)

^d Dow AgroSciences   (United States)

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EID: 84885230880     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2013.01.0041     Document Type: Article

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