Sunflower morphology and yield as affected by foliar applications of plant growth regulators

International Journal of Plant Production

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 215-229

  Koutroubas, S D ^a   Vassiliou, G ^a   Damalas, C A ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chlormequat chloride; Height; Lodging; Mepiquat chloride; Paclobutrazol

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894539939     PISSN: 17356814     EISSN: 17358043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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