• Artificial selection for grain yield has increased net CO2 exchange of the ear leaf in maize crops 

      Cagnola, Juan I.; Parco, Martín; Rotili, Diego Hernán; Ploschuk, Edmundo L.; Curin, Facundo; Amas, Juan Ignacio; Luque, Sergio F.; Maddonni, Gustavo Angel; Otegui, María Elena; Casal, Jorge José (Oxford University Press, 2021-03)
      Identifying the physiological traits indirectly selected during the search for high-yielding maize hybrids is useful for guiding further improvements. To investigate such traits, in this study we focused on the critical ...
    • Breeding effects on canopy light attenuation in maize: a retrospective and prospective analysis 

      Lacasa, Josefina; Ciampitti, Ignacio A.; Amas, Juan Ignacio; Curín, Facundo; Luque, Sergio F.; Otegui, María Elena (Oxford University Press, 2022-03)
      The light attenuation process within a plant canopy defines energy capture and vertical distribution of light and nitrogen (N). The vertical light distribution can be quantitatively described with the extinction coefficient ...
    • Maize genetic progress in the central Pampas of Argentina: effects of contrasting sowing dates 

      Amas, Juan Ignacio; Fernandez, Javier A.; Curin, Facundo; Cirilo, Alfredo Gabriel; Ciampitti, Ignacio A.; Otegui, María Elena (Elsevier, 2022-05)
      Delayed sowing date of maize (Zea mays L.) has become a broadly adopted practice in the Pampas region of Argentina, because late-sown crops frequently experience a more favorable water balance around flowering and a reduction ...