Consistent differences among wheat cultivars in osmotic adjustment and their relationship to plant production

Field Crops Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 287-291

  Blum, A ^a   Zhang, Jingxian ^b   Nguyen, H T ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought resistance; Osmoregulation; Osmotic Adjustment; Wheat; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032762868     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(99)00064-7     Document Type: Article

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