Consequences of breeding on biomass, radiation interception and radiation-use efficiency in wheat

Field Crops Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 271-281

  Calderini, Daniel F ^a   Dreccer, María F ^a   Slafer, Gustavo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biomass production; Crop growth rate; Extinction coefficient; Genetic improvement; Radiation use efficiency; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030876564     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(96)03465-X     Document Type: Article

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