Yield and water use of wheat (Triticum aestivum) in a Mediterranean environment: Cultivar differences and sowing density effects

Plant and Soil

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 251-262

  Van Den Boogaard, Riki ^a,c   Veneklaas, Erik J ^a,d   Peacock, John M ^b   Lambers, Hans ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^d ClAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

evapotranspiration; grain yield; irrigation; plant density; water use efficiency; wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0029850593     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00012060     Document Type: Article

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