Yield response to heat stress as affected by nitrogen availability in maize

Field Crops Research

Volumn 183, Issue , 2015, Pages 184-203

  Ordóñez, Raziel A ^a   Savin, Roxana ^a   Cossani, C Mariano ^a,c   Slafer, Gustavo A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Grain number; Grain weight; High temperature; Nitrogen uptake; Nitrogen use efficiency; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FIELD METHOD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYBRID; MAIZE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; POLLEN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VIABILITY; YIELD RESPONSE;

SPAIN;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84939445539     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2015.07.010     Document Type: Article

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