Kernel growth of in vitro cultured wheat spikes of cultivars with divergent source-sink limitations

Plant Science

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 135-148

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b USDA ARS GRAZINGLANDS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

In vitro spike culture; Kernel size; Source sink relations; Triticum aestivum L.

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROP; CULTIVAR; GROWTH REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0030596847     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0168-9452(96)04456-1     Document Type: Article

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