Yield trends of temperate cereals in high latitude countries from 1940 to 1998

Agricultural and Food Science in Finland

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 121-131

  Slafer, Gustavo A ^a   Peltonen Sainio, Pirjo ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c PLANT PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

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EID: 0035598605     PISSN: 12390992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.23986/afsci.5682     Document Type: Article

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