Estimating yields of tropical maize genotypes from non-destructive, on-farm plant morphological measurements

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 213-220

  Tittonell, P ^a,d   Vanlauwe, B ^b   Leffelaar, P A ^c   Giller, K E ^c  

^a Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora   (Argentina)

^b Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute of CIAT   (Kenya)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Farm variability; Harvest index; Maize allometry; Soil fertility gradients; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CROP PERFORMANCE; CROP YIELD; MAIZE; SOIL FERTILITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 9744251088     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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