Effect of pruning lateral branches on four varieties of medicinal castor bean plant (Ricinuscommunis L.) yield, growth and development

Journal of Medicinal Plant Research

Volumn 5, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 5828-5834

  Nabizadeh, Esmail ^a   Taherifard, Elnaz ^a   Gerami, Farzad ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Castor bean (Ricinuscommunis L.); Growth; Pruning; Varieties; Yield

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAIN YIELD; HARVEST INDEX; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT RESPONSE; PLANT SEED; PLANT YIELD; PLANTING TIME; REVIEW; RICINUS COMMUNIS; SEED PRODUCTION; SEED WEIGHT; SPECIES CULTIVATION; TREE PRUNING; VARIETAS;

EID: 82055166175     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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