Growing dryland grain sorghum in clumps to reduce vegetative growth and increase yield

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1109-1120

  Bandaru, Varaprasad ^a   Stewart, B A ^a   Baumhardt, R L ^b   Ambati, Satish ^a   Robinson, C A ^a   Schlegel, Alan ^c  

^a WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Agriculture Research Service   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOILS; VEGETATION; WATER;

DRYLAND AREA; TILLER; VEGETATIVE GROWTH; WATER STRESS;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

PLANTS; PRECIPITATION; SOIL; SORGHUM; WATER;

SORGHUM BICOLOR; SORGHUM BICOLOR BICOLOR;

EID: 33746548491     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2005.0166     Document Type: Article

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