Use of net photosynthesis and water-use-efficiency in breeding wheat for drought resistance

Pakistan Journal of Botany

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 337-346

  Malik, Tanwir Ahmad ^a   Wright, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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