Differential effects of partial spikelet removal and defoliation on kernel growth and assimilate partitioning among wheat cultivars

Field Crops Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 201-209

  Ma, Yong Zhan ^a,d   MacKown, Charles T ^a,b,c   Van Sanford, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b U States Dept of Agric Agric R   (United States)

^c U States Dept of Agric Agric R   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Kernel mass; Nitrogen; Source sink relationship; Triticum aestivum L.

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0030221297     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-4290(96)00016-0     Document Type: Article

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