Evaluation of individual competitiveness and the relationship between competitiveness and yield in maize

Crop Science

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2307-2318

  Zhai, Lichao ^a,b   Xie, Ruizhi ^a   Ma, Daling ^a,c   Liu, Guangzhou ^a   Wang, Pu ^b   Li, Shaokun ^a  

^a AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Ulanqab Key Laboratory of Intelligent Information Processing and Security   (China)

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EID: 84939513244     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2015.01.0033     Document Type: Article

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