Yield accumulation in irrigated sugarcane: I. Effect of crop age and cultivar

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 638-646

  Evensen, Carl I ^a   Muchow, Russell C ^b   El Swaify, Samir A ^a   Osgood, Robert V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c HAWAII AGRICULTURE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0030847529     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj1997.00021962008900040016x     Document Type: Article

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