Genetic improvement in density and nitrogen stress tolerance traits over 38 years of commercial maize hybrid release

Field Crops Research

Volumn 196, Issue , 2016, Pages 438-451

  Chen, Keru ^a   Camberato, James J ^a   Tuinstra, Mitchell R ^a   Kumudini, Saratha V ^b   Tollenaar, Matthijs ^b   Vyn, Tony J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Research Triangle Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Ear growth rate; Genetic improvement; Kernel number; Kernel weight; Source sink ratio

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTOR; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH RATE; HYBRID; MAIZE; NITROGEN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84989955282     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2016.07.025     Document Type: Article

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