Photoperiod affects the flowering time of field-sown balansa clover

Crop and Pasture Science

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 639-644

  Monks, D P ^a   Moot, D J ^a   Scott, W R ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

crop model; hysteresis.

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CULTIVAR; EMERGENCE; FLOWERING; HYSTERESIS; LEGUME; PHOTOPERIOD; SOWING;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM MICHELIANUM;

EID: 77955862478     PISSN: 18360947     EISSN: 18365795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/CP09252     Document Type: Article

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