Changes in light environment, morphology, growth and yield of soybean in maize-soybean intercropping systems

Field Crops Research

Volumn 200, Issue , 2017, Pages 38-46

  Liu, Xin ^a   Rahman, Tanzeelur ^a   Song, Chun ^a,b   Su, Benying ^c   Yang, Feng ^a,b   Yong, Taiwen ^a,b   Wu, Yushan ^a   Zhang, Cuiying ^d   Yang, Wenyu ^a,b  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^c CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d Meteorological Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Branching; Grain number; Internode length; Leaf size; Phytomer; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; CROP YIELD; FLOWERING; GROWTH RATE; INTERCROPPING; LEAF AREA; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; MAIZE; MONOCULTURE; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SOYBEAN;

CHINA;

GLYCINE MAX; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84992035620     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2016.10.003     Document Type: Article

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