Crop traits for water stress tolerance

American Journal of Alternative Agriculture

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 89-94

  Donaldson, Edwin ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cropping systems; Emergence; Moisture stress; Wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0002054008     PISSN: 08891893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0889189300006846     Document Type: Article

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