Yield and composition of sweet pearl millet as affected by row spacing and seeding rate

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 995-1001

  Bouchard, Audrey ^a   Vanasse, Anne ^a   Seguin, Philippe ^b   Bélanger, Gilles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

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PENNISETUM GLAUCUM;

EID: 79960665850     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2010.0492     Document Type: Article

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