Characterization of the plant traits contributed to high grain yield and high grain nitrogen concentration in maize

Field Crops Research

Volumn 159, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-9

  Chen, Yanling ^a   Xiao, Changxin ^a   Chen, Xiaochao ^a   Li, Qian ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Chen, Fanjun ^a   Yuan, Lixing ^a   Mi, Guohua ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Grain nitrogen concentration; N remobilization efficiency; N uptake; Photosynthetic rate; PNUE; Stay green

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894078413     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2014.01.002     Document Type: Article

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