Effects of nitrogen and plant density on rapeseed (brassica napus l.) yield and yield components in Southern Iran

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1461-1465

  Kazemeini, S A ^a   Edalat, M ^a   Shekoofa, A ^a   Hamidi, R ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Pearson correlation; Rapeseed; Stepwise regression

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; NITROGEN; OILSEEDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

GROWTH PARAMETERS; NUMBER OF BRANCHES; PEARSON CORRELATION; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RAPESEED; STEPWISE REGRESSION; STEPWISE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YIELD COMPONENTS;

SEED;

EID: 77953802016     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2010.1461.1465     Document Type: Article

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