Responses of soybean yield and yield components to light enrichment and planting density

International Journal of Plant Production

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Liu, Bing ^a,b,c   Liu, Xiao Bing ^a   Wang, Cheng ^a   Jin, Jian ^a   Herbert, S J ^d   Hashemi, M ^d  

^a NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c JILIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Light enrichment; Planting density; Soybean canopy; Yield components

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 77955740937     PISSN: 17356814     EISSN: 17358043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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