ROW SPACING EFFECT ON THE GROWTH AND YIELD OF SEVERAL SUGARCANE VARIETIES IN NORTH QUEENSLAND

28th Annual Conference of the Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, ASSCT 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Garside, A L ^a   Berthelsen, J E ^a   Robotham, B G ^a   Berding, N ^a  

^a BSES LIMITED   (Australia)

Author keywords

Controlled Traffic; Dual Rows; Farming System; Row Spacing; Varieties

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERS; FARMS; SUGAR CANE; SUGAR INDUSTRY;

CONTROLLED TRAFFIC; DUAL ROW; FARMING SYSTEM; GROWTH AND YIELD; MATCHINGS; NORTH QUEENSLAND; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; ROW SPACING; SIMPLE++; VARIETY;

WHEELS;

EID: 37849001027     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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