Use of a hand-held chlorophyll meter in winter wheat: Evaluation of different measuring positions on the leaves

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 222-228

  Hoel, Bernt Olav ^a  

^a The Norwegian Crop Research Institute   (Norway)

Author keywords

Grain protein content; Grain yield; Leaf N content; Spad meter value; Triticum aestivum L

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0032453709     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064719809362502     Document Type: Article

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