Varying plant density and harvest time to optimize cowpea leaf yield and nutrient content

HortScience

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-197

  Ohler, Tracy A ^a,b,c   Nielsen, S Suzanne ^a,b   Mitchell, Cary A ^a,c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Horticulture ^*

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioregenerative life support system; Controlled ecological life support system; Shoot harvest index; Total dietary fiber; Vigna unguiculata; Yield efficiency rate

Indexed keywords

VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; DIETARY FIBER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LEGUME; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROCLIMATE; NASA DISCIPLINE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 93-10; NASA PROGRAM NSCORT; NON-NASA CENTER; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PLANT LEAF; TIME;

NASA DISCIPLINE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; NASA DISCIPLINE NUMBER 93-10; NASA PROGRAM NSCORT; NON-NASA CENTER;

BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FIBER; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, CLOSED; FABACEAE; FATS; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TIME FACTORS; VEGETABLE PROTEINS;

EID: 0030112657     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.31.2.193     Document Type: Article

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