The responses of field-grown sunflower and maize to mechanical support

Annals of Botany

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 703-711

  Goodman, A M ^a   Ennos, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anchorage; Helianthus annuus L.; Maize; Sunflower; Support; Thigmomorphogenesis; Wind; Zea mays L

Indexed keywords

HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030876136     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1997.0409     Document Type: Article

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