Sweet pearl millet yields and nutritive value as influenced by fertilization and harvest dates

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 542-549

  Leblanc, Vincent ^a   Vanasse, Anne ^a   Bélanger, Gilles ^b   Seguin, Philippe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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PENNISETUM GLAUCUM;

EID: 84858020984     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2011.0245     Document Type: Article

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