Alteration of cotton source-sink relations with plant population density and mepiquat chloride

Field Crops Research

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 101-107

  Gwathmey, C O ^a   Clement, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cotton; Gossypium hirsutum; Mepiquat chloride; Plant population density; Source sink relations; Starch reserves

Indexed keywords

COTTON; CROP YIELD; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FIELD SURVEY; FUTURE PROSPECT; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATOR; LEAF AREA; POPULATION DENSITY; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 75249084148     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2009.11.019     Document Type: Article

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