Biology of suckers: Late-formed shoots in sugarcane

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-26

  Bonnett, G D ^a   Salter, B ^a,b   Albertson, P L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Light quality; Morphology; Nitrogen; Sucrose content; Tillers

Indexed keywords

ARUNDINARIA; CATOSTOMIDAE; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0034935440     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2001.tb00081.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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