Optimising flax production in the South Atlantic region of the USA

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 870-876

  Foulk, Jonn A ^a   Akin, Danny E ^b   Dodd, Roy B ^c   Frederick, James R ^c  

^a USDA ARS Cotton Quality Research Station   (United States)

^b RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibre quality; Flax; Flax fibre; Harvest; Retting; Yield

Indexed keywords

LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

EID: 2942564334     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.1738     Document Type: Article

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