Senescence and yield responses to plant density in stay green and earlier-senescing maize hybrids from Argentina

Field Crops Research

Volumn 155, Issue , 2014, Pages 111-119

  Antonietta, M ^a   Fanello, D D ^a   Acciaresi, H A ^b   Guiamet, J J ^a  

^a Universidad Nacional de La Plata   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS Y FORESTALES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Maize; Nitrogen; Plant density; Senescence; Stay green; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; GROWTH RATE; HYBRID; MAIZE; SENESCENCE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN;

ARGENTINA;

EMBRYOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84888199827     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2013.09.016     Document Type: Article

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