Heat stress in temperate and tropical maize hybrids: Kernel growth, water relations and assimilate availability for grain filling

Field Crops Research

Volumn 166, Issue , 2014, Pages 162-172

  Edreira, Juan I Rattalino ^a,b   Mayer, Luis I ^a   Otegui, María E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Heat stress; Kernel weight; Maize; Temperate and tropical hybrids; Zea mays L

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; GROWTH RATE; HEATING; HYBRID; MAIZE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WEIGHT;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84904980928     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2014.06.018     Document Type: Article

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