Physiological changes from 58 years of genetic improvement of short-season soybean cultivars in Canada

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 685-689

  Morrison, Malcolm J ^a   Voldeng, Harvey D ^a   Cober, Elroy R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CULTIVAR; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0032857707     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj1999.914685x     Document Type: Article

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