Lesquerella seed production: Water requirement and management

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-182

  Hunsaker, D J ^a   Nakayama, F S ^a   Dierig, D A ^a   Alexander, W L ^a  

^a U S WATER CONSERVATION LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Irrigation; Lesquerella fendleri; Oil content; Seed yield

Indexed keywords

LESQUERELLA;

EID: 0031959904     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6690(97)10022-X     Document Type: Article

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