High yields of mechanically harvested snap beans as induced by moderate water stress during flowering

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 664, Issue , 2004, Pages 205-212

  Deproost, P ^a   Elsen, F ^a   Geypens, M ^a  

^a Soil Service of Belgium   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Drought stress; Irrigation; Phaseolus vulgaris L.; Pod development; Vegetative growth; Yields

Indexed keywords

EID: 48449087026     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.664.23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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