Effect of row spacing and seeding rate on soybean yield

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 704-710

  De Bruin, Jason L ^a   Pedersen, Palle ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HARVESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

ROW SPACING; SPLIT-ROW PLANTERS;

CROPS;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 44449144604     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2007.0106     Document Type: Article

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