Are there associations between grain-filling rate and photosynthesis in the flag leaves of field-grown rice?

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 53, Issue 378, 2002, Pages 2217-2224

  Murchie, E H ^a   Yang, J ^b   Hubbart, S ^a   Horton, P ^a   Peng, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

Grain filling; Leaf senescence; Photosynthesis; Rice; Rubisco

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROPHYLL; ENZYMES; NITROGEN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS;

GRAIN FILLING;

CROPS;

JAPONICA;

EID: 0036840099     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erf064     Document Type: Article

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