Yield, quality, and fruit distribution in bollgard/roundup ready and bollgard II/roundup ready flex cottons

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-41

  Mills, Cory I ^a   Bednarz, Craig W ^a   Ritchie, Glen L ^b   Whitaker, Jared R ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HARVESTING;

CROP MATURITY; FIBER QUALITY; FLOWER REMOVAL; FRUIT DISTRIBUTION;

COTTON;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 38349162919     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2006.0299     Document Type: Article

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