Grain yield, carbon isotope discrimination, mineral and silicon content in durum wheat under different precipitation regimes

Physiologia Plantarum

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 387-394

  Merah, O ^a   Deleens E ^a   Monneveux, P ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT SCIENCES PARIS SACLAY IPS2   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPIC VARIATION; GRAIN YIELD; MIDDLE EAST; SILICON; STRESS TOLERANCE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER STRESS; WHEAT;

EID: 0342632777     PISSN: 00319317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-3054.1999.100403.x     Document Type: Article

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