Floret development in near isogenic wheat lines differing in plant height

Field Crops Research

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-30

  Miralles, Daniel J ^a   Katz, Sergio D ^a   Colloca, Alfredo ^a   Slafer, Gustavo A ^a  

^a Depto Prod Veg Fac Agronom U   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Floret development and survival; Grain number; Plant height; Rht alleles; Wheat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031669465     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(98)00103-8     Document Type: Article

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