Effects of enhanced UV-B on growth and yield of two Syrian crops wheat (Triticum durum var. Horani) and broad beans (Vicia faba) under field conditions

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-16

  Al Oudat, M ^a   Baydoun, S A ^a   Mohammad, A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Biomass; Broad beans; Triticum durum; UV B radiation; Vicia faba; Wheat

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; GERMINATION; PHENOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

BEAN; CROP GROWTH; CROP YIELD; DROUGHT SENSITIVITY; GROWTH; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET-B; WHEAT; YIELD; YIELD IMPACT;

SYRIA;

TRITICUM DURUM; VICIA FABA;

EID: 0031812002     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-8472(98)00014-8     Document Type: Article

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