Use of quality seed as a means to sustainably intensify northern European barley production

Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 93-103

  Peltonen Sainio, P ^a   Rajala, A ^a  

^a PLANT PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BARLEY; CROP PRODUCTION; SEED;

FINLAND;

HORDEUM;

EID: 84897585954     PISSN: 00218596     EISSN: 14695146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021859612000962     Document Type: Article

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