Seed growth rate, seed filling period and yield responses of soybean (Glycine max) to plant densities at specific reproductive growth stages

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 923-928

  El Zeadani, H ^a,b   Puteh, A B ^a   Monda, M M A ^a,c   Selamat, A ^a   Ahmad, Z A ^a   Shalgam, M M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SEBHA UNIVERSITY   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^c BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR AGRICULTURE   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Plant density; Reproductive growth stage; Seed filling period; Seed growth rate; Soybean

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904395213     PISSN: 15608530     EISSN: 18149596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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