Maize stalk lodging: Morphological determinants of stalk strength

Crop Science

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 926-934

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

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

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EID: 85014644431     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2016.07.0569     Document Type: Article

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