Carbon and nitrogen economy of four Triticum aestivum cultivars differing in relative growth rate and water use efficiency

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 998-1004

  Van Den Boogaard, R ^a,b   Goubitz, S ^a   Veneklaas, E J ^a,c   Lambers, H ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

carbon economy; nitrogen economy; photosynthesis; respiration; water use efficiency; wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0030498169     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.1996.tb00465.x     Document Type: Article

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