Relationship between population competitive intensity and yield in maize cultivars

Journal of Integrative Agriculture

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 1312-1321

  ZHAI, Li chao ^a,b   XIE, Rui zhi ^a   LI, Shao kun ^a   FAN, Pan pan ^a  

^a AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

competition; competitive ability; maize; population competitive pressure; yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020261264     PISSN: 20953119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(16)61541-1     Document Type: Article

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