Plant breeding and drought in C3 cereals: What should we breed for?

Annals of Botany

Volumn 89, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2002, Pages 925-940

  Araus, J L ^a   Slafer, G A ^b   Reynolds, M P ^c,e   Royo, C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^d IRTA   (Spain)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barley; Drought; Hordeum vulgare L.; Physiological traits; Stress; Triticum aestivum L.; Triticum turgidum L. var. durum; Wheat; Yield

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; C3 PLANT; CEREAL; DROUGHT; YIELD RESPONSE;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM;

CARBON; WATER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARGENTINA; AUSTRALIA; BARLEY; BREEDING; CEREAL; CLASSIFICATION; CROP; DISASTER; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; MEXICO; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEASON; STATISTICS; TEMPERATURE; WHEAT;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ARGENTINA; AUSTRALIA; BREEDING; CARBON ISOTOPES; CEREALS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; HORDEUM; LIGHT; MEXICO; NATURAL DISASTERS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SEEDS; TEMPERATURE; TRITICUM; WATER;

EID: 0036599442     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcf049     Document Type: Article

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