Source-sink ratio in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) during grain filling: Effects on senescence and grain protein concentration

Field Crops Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 269-277

  Dreccer, M F ^a   Grashoff, C ^b   Rabbinge, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Barley; Grain N concentration; Hordeum vulgare; Senescence; Source sink ratio; Temperature

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM VULGARE;

EID: 0030899310     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(96)01002-7     Document Type: Article

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