Development in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata). II. Effect of temperature and saturation deficit on time to flowering in photoperiod-insensitive genotypes

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-28

  Craufurd, P Q ^a,b   Qi, A ^b   Ellis, R H ^b   Summerfield, R J ^b   Roberts, E H ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0029786832     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0014479700025813     Document Type: Article

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