Effects of water stress on growth and yield of spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars

Tropical Agriculture

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 120-125

  Abayomi, Y A ^a,b   Wright, D ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Growth and yield; Growth stages; Spring wheat cultivars; Water stress

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; WATER STRESS; WHEAT; YIELD;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0033498289     PISSN: 00413216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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