Analysis of the benefits to wheat yield from assimilates stored prior to grain filling in a range of environments

Plant and Soil

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 217-229

  Asseng, S ^a   Van Herwaarden, A F ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

G x E x M; Modelling; Remobilization; Simulation; Water soluble carbohydrates; Wheat crop; WSC; Yield

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CROP RESIDUE; NITROGEN; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; REMOBILIZATION; WHEAT; YIELD;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0345016485     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026231904221     Document Type: Article

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