Effects of plant density, row spacing and row orientation on yield and achene quality in rainfed sunflower

Acta Agronomica Hungarica

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 397-407

  Long, M ^a   Feil, B ^a   Depenbrock, W ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Plant density; Row orientation; Row spacing; Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77449147140     PISSN: 02380161     EISSN: 15882527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AAgr.49.2001.4.12     Document Type: Review

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