Does maintaining green leaf area in sorghum improve yield under drought? I. Leaf growth and senescence

Crop Science

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1026-1037

  Borrell, Andrew K ^a   Hammer, Graeme L ^b   Douglas, Andrew C L ^a  

^a Hermitage Research Station   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIANCE; GRAIN YIELD; GREEN LEAF AREA; HYBRID; LEAF GROWTH; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SENESCENCE;

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 0033841489     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2000.4041026x     Document Type: Article

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