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

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 780-784

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

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

AGRONOMIC TRAIT; CANADA; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; GENETIC IMPROVEMENT; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC STABILITY; PHENOTYPE; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT HEIGHT; SEED PRODUCTION; SEED WEIGHT;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 0033942819     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2000.924780x     Document Type: Article

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