Early seeding improves the sustainability of canola and mustard production on the Canadian semiarid prairie

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 705-711

  Angadi, S V ^a   Cutforth, H W ^a   McConkey, B G ^a   Gan, Y ^a  

^a SWIFT CURRENT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brassica oilseeds; Dormant seeding; Seeding date; Semiarid prairie; Yield

Indexed keywords

CANOLA; CROP PRODUCTION; PRAIRIE; SEEDING; SUSTAINABILITY;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA JUNCEA; BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; SINAPIS; SINAPIS ALBA; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 7044264914     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P03-140     Document Type: Article

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