Relationships between ash content, carbon isotope discrimination and yield in durum wheat

Australian Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 835-842

  Araus, J L ^a   Amaro, T ^a   Casadesus J ^a   Asbati, A ^b   Nachit, M M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Drought; Flag leaf; Grain filling; Kernel; Mineral transport

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 0032420128     PISSN: 03107841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/PP98071     Document Type: Article

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