Biomass and yield performance of kabuli chickpea cultivars with the fern or unifoliate leaf trait in the Northern Great Plains

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1089-1097

  Li, Lin ^a   Bueckert, Rosalind A ^a   Gan, Yantai ^b   Warkentin, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cicer arietinum; Fern leaf; Plant population; Seed yield; Unifoliate

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CULTIVAR; FERN; GROWTH RATE; LEGUME; POPULATION DENSITY; SEMIARID REGION; YIELD;

CANADA; GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN; SASKATOON; SWIFT CURRENT;

CICER ARIETINUM; EMBRYOPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 34248404070     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P05-154     Document Type: Article

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