Root and shoot growth, water use and water use efficiency of spring durum wheat under early-season drought

Agronomie

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 181-195

  El Hafid, Rachid ^a   Smith, Dan H ^b   Karrou, Mohamed ^a   Samir, Karima ^c  

^a Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (Morocco)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES BEN M SIK   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Early season drought; Shoot and root growth; Water use efficiency; Wheat

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; GROWTH; WATER USE; WHEAT;

(NORTH); AFRICA;

TRITICUM DURUM;

EID: 0031783166     PISSN: 02495627     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/agro:19980302     Document Type: Article

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