Physiological perspectives of changes over time in maize yield dependency on nitrogen uptake and associated nitrogen efficiencies: A review

IA Ciampitti, TJ Vyn - Field Crops Research, 2012 - Elsevier
Over the past 3 decades, the study of various mechanisms involved in maize grain yield
(GY) formation and its relationship with nitrogen (N) uptake dynamics has been increasingly …

Breeding for yield potential and stress adaptation in cereals

JL Araus, GA Slafer, C Royo… - Critical Reviews in Plant …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
The need to accelerate breeding for increased yield potential and better adaptation to
drought and other abiotic stresses is an issue of increasing urgency. As the population …

Effect of paclobutrazol, a potential growth regulator on stalk mechanical strength, lignin accumulation and its relation with lodging resistance of maize

M Kamran, W Cui, I Ahmad, X Meng, X Zhang… - Plant growth …, 2018 - Springer
Dense plant cultivation is an efficient approach to utilize the maximum inputs for increasing
maize production. However, dense plant populations may prone to lodging as it results in …

Can changes in canopy and/or root system architecture explain historical maize yield trends in the US corn belt?

GL Hammer, Z Dong, G McLean, A Doherty… - Crop …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Continuous increase in the yield of maize (Zea mays L.) in the US Corn Belt has involved an
interaction with plant density. A number of contributing traits and mechanisms have been …

Predicting the future of plant breeding: complementing empirical evaluation with genetic prediction

M Cooper, CD Messina, D Podlich… - Crop and Pasture …, 2014 - CSIRO Publishing
For the foreseeable future, plant breeding methodology will continue to unfold as a practical
application of the scaling of quantitative biology. These efforts to increase the effective scale …

Adapting APSIM to model the physiology and genetics of complex adaptive traits in field crops

GL Hammer, E van Oosterom, G McLean… - Journal of …, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Progress in molecular plant breeding is limited by the ability to predict plant phenotype
based on its genotype, especially for complex adaptive traits. Suitably constructed crop …

播期对春玉米生长发育与产量形成的影响

刘明, 陶洪斌, 王璞, 易镇邪, 鲁来清… - 中国生态农业学报(中英文), 2009 - ecoagri.ac.cn
以“郑单958” 和“鲁单984” 为材料, 比较研究了两个播期(4 月24 日和5 月15 日)
条件下春玉米的生长发育和产量形成, 探讨了春玉米生长发育与气候条件的关系. 结果表明 …

Maize grain yield enhancement through high plant density cultivation with different inter-row and intra-row spacings

G Testa, A Reyneri, M Blandino - European Journal of Agronomy, 2016 - Elsevier
Increasing the maize plant population has undergone a constant evolution over the years,
with the purpose of enhancing the crop yield. Field trials, in which 2 different experiments …

Phenotyping maize for adaptation to drought

JL Araus, MD Serret, GO Edmeades - Frontiers in physiology, 2012 - frontiersin.org
The need of a better adaptation of crops to drought is an issue of increasing urgency.
However, enhancing the tolerance of maize has, therefore, proved to be somewhat elusive …

Response of Brazilian maize hybrids from different eras to changes in plant density

L Sangoi, MA Gracietti, C Rampazzo, P Bianchetti - Field Crops Research, 2002 - Elsevier
Maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids differ in their response to plant population density.
Enhancements in tolerance to crowding have been obtained around the world as the result …