Evaluation of grain yield and its components in wheat cultivars and landraces under near optimal and drought conditions

Euphytica

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-52

  Dencic S ^a   Kastori, R ^b   Kobiljski, B ^a   Duggan, B ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF FIELD AND VEGETABLE CROPS   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultivars; Drought stress; Drought susceptibility index; Landraces; Wheat; Yield

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CULTIVAR; DROUGHT STRESS; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; GERMPLASM; GRAIN YIELD; LANDRACE; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT HEIGHT; WHEAT;

EID: 0343237784     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003997700865     Document Type: Article

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