Increased utilization of lengthening growing season and warming temperatures by adjusting sowing dates and cultivar selection for spring maize in Northeast China

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 67, Issue , 2015, Pages 12-19

  Zhao, Jin ^a   Yang, Xiaoguang ^a   Dai, Shuwei ^b   Lv, Shuo ^a   Wang, Jing ^a,c  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c Ningxia Institute of Meteorological Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Adjusting sowing dates; Climate change; Cultivar selection; Grain yield; Growing season length; Northeast china; Spring maize

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVAR; GLOBAL WARMING; GROWING SEASON; MAIZE; MATURATION; SOWING; SPRING (SEASON); TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CHINA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84926004098     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2015.03.006     Document Type: Article

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