Harvest Index of Maize (Zea mays L.): Are There Possibilities for Improvement?

Advances in Agronomy

Volumn 146, Issue , 2017, Pages 37-82

  Hütsch, Birgit W ^a   Schubert, Sven ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Corn; Kernel setting; Nitrogen utilization efficiency; Phytohormones; Source sink relations; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029233978     PISSN: 00652113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/bs.agron.2017.07.004     Document Type: Chapter

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