Soil water capture trends over 50 years of single-cross maize (Zea mays L.) breeding in the US corn-belt

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 7339-7346

  Reyes, Andres ^a   Messina, Carlos D ^b   Hammer, Graeme L ^c   Liu, Lu ^b   Oosterom, Erik Van ^c   Lafitte, Renee ^a   Cooper, Mark ^b  

^a DuPont Pioneer   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grain yield; maize; plant breeding; rooting; soil water uptake

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; SOIL; WATER;

BREEDING; CROP; CROSS BREEDING; DROUGHT; GENETIC SELECTION; MAIZE; METABOLISM; SEASON; SOIL; TIME;

BREEDING; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; CROSSES, GENETIC; DROUGHTS; GROUNDWATER; SEASONS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SOIL; TIME; WATER; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84963946779     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv430     Document Type: Article

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