Impact of Sowing Date on Growth, Phenology and Yield of Three Ecotypes of Astragalus cyclophyllon G. Beek in Semirom Rangelands, Iran

Subject Areas : Ecology, Autecology and Synecology

Masoud Esmaeili Sharif ¹ , Amir Hooshang Jalali ² , Roja shabahang ³

1 - Masoud Esmaeili Sharif Ph.D In Forest Sciences. Natural Resources Research Dept. Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center
2 - Assistant Professor, Horticulture Crops Research Department, Isfahan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Isfahan, Iran
3 - Horticultural PhD Student, Hormozgan University, Hormozgan, Iran

Received: 2019-06-23 Accepted : 2021-11-16 Published : 2023-01-01

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