Genotypic variation in silicon concentration of barley grain

Plant and Soil

Volumn 249, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 383-387

  Ma, Jian Feng ^a,c   Higashitani, Aki ^a   Sato, Kazuhiro ^b,c   Takeda, Kazuyoshi ^b,c  

^a Kagama University   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barley grain; Genotypical difference; Si concentration; Si localization

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; SEED; SILICON;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 0037601683     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022842421926     Document Type: Article

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