A comparison of different rules of partitioning of crop growth between individual plants

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 115, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 111-118

  Benjamin, L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carrot; Competition; Growth; Light; Model; Spacing; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

CROP PLANT; GROWTH; MODELING; PARTITIONING;

DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 0033558340     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(98)00185-9     Document Type: Article

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