Determinants of oil concentration and seed yield in canola and Indian mustard in the lower rainfall areas of Western Australia

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 367-377

  Si, P ^a   Walton, G H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Crop Variety Testing Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Flowering date; Triazine tolerance (TT); Variation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FLOWERING; OIL; RAINFALL; SEED; YIELD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA JUNCEA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 1942475071     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AR03151     Document Type: Article

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