A yield architecture framework to explain adaptation of pearl millet to environmental stress

Field Crops Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-56

  Van Oosterom, E J ^a,b,c   Bidinger, F R ^a   Weltzien, E R ^a,d  

^a INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d Intl Crops Res I for the S A T   (Mali)

Author keywords

Breeding; Landraces; Stability; Tillering; Yield components

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; DROUGHT; GENES; PHYSIOLOGY; VEGETATION;

YIELD FRAMEWORK;

CROPS;

ADAPTATION; BREEDING; CROP YIELD; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

INDIA;

PENNISETUM GLAUCUM;

EID: 0037425522     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(02)00153-3     Document Type: Article

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