Predictive grain yield models based on canopy structure and structural plasticity

Communications in Biometry and Crop Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 74-89

  Jaradat, Abdullah A ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractal dimension; Grain yield; Light interception; Plasticity; Structural dimension

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 38049004412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18960782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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