Leaf harvesting initiation time and frequency affect biomass partitioning and yield of cowpea

Crop Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1159-1166

  Saidi, Mwanarusi ^a   Ngouajio, Mathieu ^b   Itulya, Francis M ^a   Ehlers, Jeff ^c  

^a EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 34548152521     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2006.06.0420     Document Type: Article

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