Flowering, pod set and reproductive success in soya bean

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 283-291

  Egli, D B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flower and pod abortion; Flowering period; Pod and seed number; Soya bean Glycine max (L.) ; Yield

Indexed keywords

REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEED PRODUCTION; SOYBEAN; YIELD;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 23744494457     PISSN: 09312250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-037X.2005.00171.x     Document Type: Article

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