Improving wheat grain filling under stress by stem reserve mobilisation

Euphytica

Volumn 100, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 77-83

  Blum, A ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOTYPE; GRAIN FILLING; NUTRIENT RESERVE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; STEM; STRESS TOLERANCE; WHEAT;

EMBRYOPHYTA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0031925309     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1018303922482     Document Type: Conference Paper

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