Improved plant yield efficiency alleviates the erratic optimum density in maize

• Published in: Agronomy journal Vol. 112; no. 3; pp. 1690 - 1701
• Main Authors: Mylonas, Ioannis, Sinapidou, Evaggelia, Remountakis, Emmanouel, Sistanis, Iosif, Pankou, Chrysanthi, Ninou, Elissavet, Papadopoulos, Ioannis, Papathanasiou, Fokion, Lithourgidis, Anastasios, Gekas, Fotakis, Dordas, Christos, Tzantarmas, Constantinos, Kargiotidou, Anastasia, Tokamani, Maria, Sandaltzopoulos, Raphael, Tokatlidis, Ioannis S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.05.2020
• Subjects: agronomy; corn; flowering; genotype; genotype-environment interaction; harvest index; hybrids; statistics; Zea mays

Plant yield efficiency (PYE) reflects the ability of the single‐plant to respond to additional inputs and is fully expressed at the nil‐competition regime (an ultra‐low density to preclude inter‐plant interference for inputs). The purpose of this study was to determine if PYE could prevent the errat...