A relationship between stalk elongation and earliness of ripening in sugarcane

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 283-291

  Mamet, L D ^a   Galwey, N W ^b  

^a Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute   (Mauritius)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 0033010384     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479799003087     Document Type: Article

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