Historical changes in grain yield and photosynthetic rate of rice cultivars released in the 20th century in Tohoku region

Plant Production Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 36-44

  Zhang, Wen Hui ^a   Kokubun, Makie ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Grain filling; Nitrogen application; Oryza sativa L.; Photosynthesis; Rice; Yield improvement

Indexed keywords

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 1842539591     PISSN: 1343943X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/pps.7.36     Document Type: Article

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