Rooting patterns in near-isogenic lines of spring wheat for dwarfism

Plant and Soil

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-86

  Miralles, D J ^a,b   Slafer, G A ^a   Lynch, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dwarfing genes; Root and stem mass ratios; Root dry weight; Root length; Wheat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031464256     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004207407979     Document Type: Article

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