Comparisons among cultivars of wheat, hulled and hulless oats: Effects of N fertilization on growth and yield

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1213-1222

  Ma, B L ^a   Biswas, D K ^a   Zhou, Q P ^b   Ren, C Z ^c  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b QINGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Baicheng Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Avena sativa L.; Crop lodging; Dry matter accumulation; Grain yield; Harvest index; Hulled oat; Hulless oat

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; DRY MATTER; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FRUIT; GROWTH RATE; LOGGING (TIMBER); WHEAT;

CANADA;

AVENA; AVENA NUDA; AVENA SATIVA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84869451031     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: 19181833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJPS2011-167     Document Type: Article

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