Growth and water-use efficiency of 10 Triticum aestivum cultivars at different water availability in relation to allocation of biomass

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 200-210

  Van Den Boogaard, R ^a,b   Alewijnse, D ^a   Veneklaas, E J ^a,c   Lambers, H ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Fruit and Vegetables ^*  (Denmark)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

biomass allocation; nitrogen use efficiency; photosynthesis; relative growth rate; stomatal conductance; Triticum aestivum; water use efficiency; wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0031049317     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3040.1997.d01-60.x     Document Type: Article

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