Optimizing seeding dates and rates for canola production in the humid eastern Canadian agroecosystems

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1869-1879

  Ma, B L ^a   Zhao, H ^a,b   Zheng, Z ^a   Caldwell, C ^c   Mills, A ^d   Vanasse, A ^e   Earl, H ^f   Scott, P ^g   Smith, D L ^h  

^a OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Agriculture and Agri Food Canada   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^g New Brunswick Department of Agriculture   (Canada)

^h MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84984702650     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: 14350645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2015.0209     Document Type: Article

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