Enhanced plant growth, development and fiber yield of Bt transgenic cotton by an integration of plastic mulching and seedling transplanting

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 298-306

  Dong, Hezhong ^a   Li, Weijiang ^a   Tang, Wei ^a   Li, Zhenhuai ^a   Zhang, Dongmei ^a  

^a SHANDONG PEANUT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Bt transgenic cotton; Fiber yield; Plant growth; Plastic mulching; Seedling transplanting

Indexed keywords

COTTON FIBERS; SEED; SOILS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BT TRANSGENIC COTTON; FIBER YIELD; PLANT GROWTH; PLASTIC MULCHING; SEEDLING TRANSPLANTING;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

COTTON; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; MULCHING; SEEDLING; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TRANSPLANTATION;

COTTON; FIBERS; PLANTS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SHANDONG;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

COTTON; COTTON FIBER; CULTIVATION; PLASTIC; YIELD;

EID: 34548284842     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2007.03.008     Document Type: Article

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