Effect of chemical desiccation at the post-anthesis stage on some physiological and biochemical changes in the flag leaf of contrasting wheat genotypes

Field Crops Research

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-6

  Sawhney, Veena ^a   Singh, D P ^a  

^a CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Chemical desiccation; Chlorophyll; Photosynthesis; Potassium iodide; Proline; Soluble sugar; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; DROUGHT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); METABOLISM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEED;

CHEMICAL DESICCATION;

CROPS;

DESICCATION; DROUGHT; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0036075090     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(01)00192-7     Document Type: Article

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