Frost kill and kenaf fiber quality

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 189-195

  Ramaswamy, Gita N ^a   Soeharto, Bambang ^b   Boyd, Catherine R ^b   Baldwin, Brian S ^b  

^a Department of Clothing   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial retting; Chemical retting; Fiber quality; Frost kill; Kenaf

Indexed keywords

CROP DAMAGE; FROST; MORTALITY;

HIBISCUS CANNABINUS;

EID: 0032989930     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6690(98)00031-4     Document Type: Article

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