Manipulating yield potential in cereals using plant growth regulators

Plant Growth Regulators in Agriculture and Horticulture: Their Role and Commercial Uses

Volumn , Issue , 2024, Pages 27-70

  Rajala, Ari ^a   Peltonen Sainio, Pirjo ^a  

^a PLANT PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

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