Agronomic comparison of Minnesota-adapted dwarf oat with semi-dwarf, intermediate, and tall oat lines adapted to northern growing conditions

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 727-734

  Mäkelä, Pirjo ^a   Väärälä, Leena ^a   Peltonen Sainio, Pirjo ^a  

^a Department of Plant Production ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Avena sativa L.; grain yield; landrace; oat (dwarf); partitioning; straw length; yield components

Indexed keywords

AVENA SATIVA;

EID: 0030458456     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/cjps96-125     Document Type: Article

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