Internode characteristics of sweet sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) during dry and rainy seasons in Indonesia

Plant Production Science

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 601-607

  Tsuchihashi, Naoyuki ^a   Goto, Yusuke ^b  

^a AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dry land; Dry season; Growth; Indonesia; Internode; Monosodium glutamate; Rainy season; Sweet sorghum

Indexed keywords

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 33644835034     PISSN: 1343943X     EISSN: 13491008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/pps.8.601     Document Type: Article

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