Seedling vigour in wheat - Sources of variation for genetic and agronomic improvement

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-50

  Richards, R A ^a   Lukacs, Z ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breeding; Coleoptile tiller; Embryo size; Leaf area; Seed nitrogen; Seed weight; Wheat barley addition lines

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH DETERMINATION; SEEDLING; WHEAT; YIELD;

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; TRITICOSECALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0036163539     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AR00147     Document Type: Article

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