N:P:S stoichiometry in grains and physiological attributes associated with grain yield in maize as affected by phosphorus and sulfur nutrition

Field Crops Research

Volumn 203, Issue , 2017, Pages 128-138

  Salvagiotti, Fernando ^a   Prystupa, Pablo ^b   Ferraris, Gustavo ^a   Couretot, Lucrecia ^a   Magnano, Luciana ^a   Dignani, Damian ^c   Gutiérrez BGutiérrez Boemoem, Flavio Hernán ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b Universidad de Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^c Private Consultant   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Maize; Phosphorus; Physiological attributes; Stoichiometric relationships; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRAIN SIZE; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; MAIZE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSIOLOGY; STOICHIOMETRY; SULFUR; YIELD RESPONSE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 85008661022     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2016.12.019     Document Type: Article

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