Fruit bearing behavior of 4 legumes cultivated under shaded conditions

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 145-151

  Osumi, Katsuhiro ^a,c   Katayama, Katsuyuki ^a   De La Cruz, Loretto U ^b   Luna, Amelita C ^b  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

^c FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abortion; Crop production; Fruit set; Intercropping; Resource limitation; Seed set

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032362307     PISSN: 00213551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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