Prediction of grain protein content in winter wheat through leaf color measurements using a chlorophyll meter

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 127-134

  Matsunaka, Teruo ^a,c   Watanabe, Yuji ^a,b   Miyawaki, Tadashi ^a,d   Ichikawa, Nobuo ^a  

^a Hokkaido Kitami Agricultural Experiment Station   (Japan)

^b Hokkaido Tokachi Agricultural Experiment Station   (Japan)

^c RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Hokkaido Central Agricultural Experiment Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll meter; Grain protein content; Leaf color; Nitrogen nutrition; Wheat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030916044     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.1997.10414721     Document Type: Article

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