Understanding dry matter and nitrogen accumulation for high-yielding film-mulched maize

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 390-396

  Liu, Jianliang ^a   Zhan, Ai ^a   Bu, Lingduo ^a   Zhu, Lin ^a   Luo, Shasha ^a   Chen, Xinping ^b   Cui, Zhenling ^b   Li, Shiqing ^a   Hill, Robert Lee ^c   Zhao, Ying ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84895759762     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2013.0404     Document Type: Article

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