Experimental assessment of the impact of defoliation on growth and production of water-stressed maize and cotton plants

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 189-199

  Yang, Z ^a   Midmore, D J ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 1942508219     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479703001534     Document Type: Article

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