Seed dry weight response to source-sink manipulations in wheat, maize and soybean: A quantitative reappraisal

Field Crops Research

Volumn 86, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 131-146

  Borrás, Lucas ^a,b   Slafer, Gustavo A ^a,c   Otegui, María E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Pioneer Hi Bred International   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Glycine max L.; Maize; Seed filling; Seed weight; Source sink; Soybean; Triticum aestivum; Wheat; Zea mays L.

Indexed keywords

CROPS; CULTIVATION; GROWTH KINETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

BREEDING; SEED FILLING;

SEED;

MAIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEED; SOYBEAN; WEIGHT;

GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 1542320984     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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