Estimates of relative contribution of biomass, harvest index and yield components to soybean yield improvements in China

Plant Breeding

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 473-476

  Cui, S Y ^a   Yu, D Y ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass; Glycine max; Harvest index; Yield components; Yield improvement

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 26844535290     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2005.01112.x     Document Type: Article

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