Effect of seed moisture content following hand harvest and machine threshing on seed quality of cool tolerant soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merrill.)

Seed Science and Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 149-158

  Rahman, M M ^a   Hampton, J G ^b   Hill, M J ^b  

^a BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; MUS;

EID: 2642539511     PISSN: 02510952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15258/sst.2004.32.1.15     Document Type: Article

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