Stay-green: A consequence of the balance between supply and demand for nitrogen during grain filling?

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 91-95

  Borrell, Andrew ^a   Hammer, Graeme ^b   Van Oosterom, Erik ^c  

^a Hermitage Research Station   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Leaf senescence; Post anthesis drought; Sorghum; Specific leaf nitrogen

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CHLOROPLAST; FLOWERING; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPIC VARIATION; GRAIN FILLING; HYBRID; LEAF AREA INDEX; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NITROGEN BALANCE; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NITROGEN UPTAKE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT ANATOMY AND MORPHOLOGY; SENESCENCE; SORGHUM; STAY GREEN;

SORGHUM BICOLOR BICOLOR;

EID: 0034937079     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2001.tb00088.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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