Physiological responses of spring durum wheat cultivars to early-season drought in a Mediterranean environment

Annals of Botany

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 363-370

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

^a Natl Inst of Agricultural Research   (Morocco)

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

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES BEN M SIK   (Morocco)

^d NONE

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031913665     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1997.0567     Document Type: Article

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