Maize stalk lodging: Flexural stiffness predicts strength

Crop Science

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1711-1718

  Robertson, Daniel J ^a   Lee, Shien Yang ^a   Julias, Margaret ^a   Cook, Douglas D ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

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EID: 84975041168     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2015.11.0665     Document Type: Article

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