Green leaf area decline of wheat flag leaves: The influence of fungicides and relationships with mean grain weight and grain yield

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-84

  Gooding, M J ^a   Dimmock, J P R E ^a   France, J ^a   Jones, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fungicide; Gompertz; Green leaf area; Strobilurin; Triazole; Wheat; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033999256     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2000.tb00011.x     Document Type: Article

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