Forage soybean yield and quality responses to plant density and row distance

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 966-970

  Seiter, Stefan ^a   Altemose, Craig E ^b   Davis, Michael H ^c  

^a Linn Benton Community College   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Cornell Univ Willsboro Res Farm ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; PLANTS (BOTANY); QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLING;

GROWTH STAGES; PLANT DENSITY;

AGRONOMY;

AGRONOMY; FIBERS; PLANTS; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLING;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 4043158329     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2004.0966     Document Type: Article

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