Effect of plant population on seed yield, mass and size of guayule

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 139-144

  Bedane, G M ^a   Gupta, M L ^a   George, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

1000 Seed mass; Guayule; Plant population; Seed size classes; Yield

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; AGRICULTURE; CROPS; HARVESTING; POPULATION STATISTICS;

1000-SEED MASS; GUAYULE; PLANT POPULATION; SEED SIZE CLASSES; YIELD;

SEED;

COMPENSATION; FLOWERING; HARVESTING; RUBBER; SEED PRODUCTION; SEED SIZE; SEEDING; SHRUB;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

PARTHENIUM ARGENTATUM;

CROP PRODUCTION; HARVESTING; NATURAL RUBBER; PLANT; SEED;

EID: 56649099156     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2008.04.020     Document Type: Article

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