Effect of soil type on the time-course of changes in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) productivity in Tokachi District, Hokkaido, Japan

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 928-937

  Niwa, Katsuhisa ^a   Seino, Nobutaka ^a   Yokobori, Jun ^a   Kikuchi, Koji ^a   Hongo, Chiharu ^a  

^a Chiba University ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

Cumulative precipitation; Cumulative temperature; Poor drainage; Sugar beet yield

Indexed keywords

BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS SUBSP. VULGARIS;

EID: 57449110033     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0765.2008.00322.x     Document Type: Article

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