Engineering and ginning: Effect of thermal defoliation on cotton leaf desiccation, senescence, post-harvest regrowth, and lint quality

Journal of Cotton Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-45

  Showler, Allan ^a   Funk, Paul ^b   Armijo, Carlos ^b  

^a KIKA DE LA GARZA SUBTROPICAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

COTTON; CULTIVATION; DEFOLIATION; ENGINEERING; FIBER LENGTH; GINNING; HERBICIDE; LINT; MICRONAIRE VALUE; THERMAL TREATMENT;

EID: 33746354615     PISSN: 15243303     EISSN: 15243303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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