A survey of stand establishment and in-row spacing uniformity in Washington potato fields

American Journal of Potato Research

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 463-469

  Pavek, Mark J ^a   Thornton, Robert E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Irregular spacing; Missing plants; Plant density; Plant population; Plant spacing; Planter performance; Planter skips; Seed spacing

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 29844436625     PISSN: 1099209X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02872224     Document Type: Article

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