Growth and yield characteristics of Lesquerella fendleri as a function of plant density

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-71

  Brahim, Kebe ^a   Ray, Dennis T ^a   Dierig, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b U S WATER CONSERVATION LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lesquerella fendleri; Oil content; Plant density; Yield components

Indexed keywords

CROP PLANT; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GROWTH; YIELD;

UNITED STATES;

LESQUERELLA FENDLERI;

EID: 0032212826     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6690(98)00015-6     Document Type: Article

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