Engineering and ginning: Experimental thermal defoliator trials

Journal of Cotton Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 230-242

  Funk, P A ^a   Armijo, C B ^a   McAllister III, D D ^a   Lewis, B E ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTTON; DEFOLIATION;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 27244460766     PISSN: 15243303     EISSN: 15243303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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