Estimating potato leaf area index for specific cultivars

Potato Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 251-266

  Gordon, R ^a   Brown, D M ^b   Dixon, M A ^b  

^a Resource Stewardship Branch   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canopy expansion; LAI; Radiation use efficiency; Soil water; Solanum tuberosum L.

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031449523     PISSN: 00143065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02358007     Document Type: Article

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