The yield of mechanically harvested rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) can be increased by optimum plant density and row spacing

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Kuai, Jie ^a   Sun, Yingying ^a   Zuo, Qingsong ^b   Huang, Haidong ^a   Liao, Qingxi ^a   Wu, Chongyou ^c   Lu, Jianwei ^a   Wu, Jiangsheng ^a   Zhou, Guangsheng ^a  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPETITION; FIELD EXPERIMENT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; LEAF AREA; MORTALITY; PLANT DENSITY; PLANT HEIGHT; POD; RADIATION USE EFFICIENCY; RAPESEED; ROW SPACING; SEED WEIGHT; AGRICULTURE; BRASSICA RAPA; CROP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT SEED; PROCEDURES;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; BRASSICA RAPA; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT ROOTS; SEEDS;

EID: 84951320168     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep18835     Document Type: Article

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