Mid-season leaf glutamine predicts end-season maize grain yield and nitrogen content in response to nitrogen fertilization under field conditions

Agronomy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Goron, Travis L ^a   Nederend, Jacob ^a   Stewart, Greg ^a,b   Deen, Bill ^a   Raizada, Manish N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biosensor; Fertilizer; Finger millet; Glutamine; Maize; Nitrogen; Nitrogen use efficiency; Plant density; Precision agriculture; Yield prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026418263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy7020041     Document Type: Article

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