Historical changes in harvest index and crop nitrogen accumulation

Crop Science

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 638-643

  Sinclair, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CROP; DETERMINATION OF CONTENT; GENETIC TRAIT; HARVEST INDEX; NITROGEN; PARTITIONING; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT PRODUCT;

EID: 0031811893     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1998.0011183X003800030002x     Document Type: Review

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