High temperature index - For field evaluation of heat tolerance in wheat varieties

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 243-255

  Rane, Jagadish ^a   Nagarajan, Shantha ^b  

^a ICAR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF WHEAT AND BARLEY RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Heat Degree Days; Heat Tolerance; High temperature; Wheat

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; TOLERANCE; WHEAT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 1642488301     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(03)00075-1     Document Type: Article

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