Changes in the morphological traits of maize genotypes in China between the 1950s and 2000s

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 58, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-10

  Ma, D L ^a,b   Xie, R Z ^b   Niu, X K ^b   Li, S K ^a,b   Long, H L ^a,b   Liu, Y E ^b  

^a Key Lab of Oasis Ecol Agriculture of Xinjiang Constr Crops/The Ctr of Crop High yield Research   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Grain yield; Light attenuation; Maize genotype; Morphological trait

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CROP YIELD; GENOTYPE; HEIGHT; HIGH YIELDING VARIETY; HYBRID; LEAF AREA INDEX; LIGHT ATTENUATION; MAIZE; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

CHINA;

EID: 84898802626     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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