'Haying-off', the negative grain yield response of dryland wheat to nitrogen fertiliser. II. Carbohydrate and protein dynamics

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1083-1093

  Van Herwaarden, A F ^a,b   Angus, J F ^a   Richards, R A ^a   Farquhar, G D ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hemicellulose; Leaf loss; Protein; Retranslocation; Water soluble carbohydrates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031659676     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/A97040     Document Type: Article

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