The yield and processing quality of sunflower seed as affected by the amount and timing of nitrogen fertiliser

South African Journal of Plant and Soil

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 156-159

  Nel, A A ^a   Loubser, H L ^a   Hammes, P S ^b  

^a ARC GRAIN CROPS INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Nitrogen; Seed quality; Sunflower; Yield

Indexed keywords

HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS;

EID: 0346076947     PISSN: 02571862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02571862.2000.10634890     Document Type: Article

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