Physiological attributes associated with early-season drought resistance in spring durum wheat cultivars

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 227-237

  El Hafid, R ^a   Smith, Dan H ^b   Karrou, M ^a   Samir, K ^c  

^a National Institute of Agricultural Research   (Morocco)

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

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES BEN M SIK   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Early season drought; Physiological attributes; Triticum durum Desf.; Wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM DURUM;

EID: 0031871660     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/p97-070     Document Type: Article

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