Association of growth dynamics, yield components and seed quality in long-term trials covering rapeseed cultivation history at high latitudes

Field Crops Research

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-108

  Peltonen Sainio, Pirjo ^a   Jauhiainen, Lauri ^b  

^a PLANT PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brassica napus L. var. oleifera subvar. annua; Brassica rapa L. var. oleifera subvar. annua; Canola; Degree days; Flowering duration; Growth phase; Seed number; Seed weight; Yield; Yield components

Indexed keywords

CANOLA; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLOWERING; GENOTYPE; GROWTH; HISTORY; LATITUDE; SEED; WEIGHT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA;

EID: 44649188506     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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