Development of redroot pigweed is influenced by light spectral quality and quantity

Crop Science

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1930-1936

  Rajcan, Irena ^a   Aghaalikhani, Majid ^a   Swanton, Clarence J ^a   Tollenaar, Matthijs ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMARANTHUS; AMARANTHUS RETROFLEXUS;

EID: 0036889228     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2002.1930     Document Type: Article

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