Relationships between early vigour, grain yield, leaf structure and stable isotope composition in field grown barley

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 889-897

  Bort, Jordi ^a   Araus, José Luis ^a   Hazzam, Hani ^b   Grando, Stefania ^b   Ceccarelli, Salvatore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Chlorophyll content; Early vigour; Hordeum vulgare; Phenology; Specific leaf dry weight; Stable isotopes composition; Yield

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON 13; CHLOROPHYLL; COLD RESISTANCE; GENETIC CROSS; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; GRAIN YIELD; ISOTOPE LABELING; LEAF STRUCTURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; NITRATE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15; PHENOLOGY; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

HORDEUM VULGARE;

EID: 0032446684     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0981-9428(99)80007-2     Document Type: Article

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