Row spacing, plant population, and cultivar effects on grain amaranth in the northern Great Plains

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 329-336

  Henderson, Tracey L ^a   Johnson, Burton L ^b   Schneiter, Albert A ^b  

^a North Dakota State Univ ^*  (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CULTIVAR; ENVIRONMENT; GRAIN YIELD; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT DENSITY; ROW SPACING; UNITED STATES;

AMARANTHUS CRUENTUS; AMARANTHUS HYBRIDUS; AMARANTHUS HYPOCHONDRIACUS;

EID: 0034025213     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2000.922329x     Document Type: Article

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