Water-saving approaches for improving wheat production

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1379-1388

  Deng, Xi Ping ^a   Shan, Lun ^b   Inanaga, Shinobu ^c   Inoue, Mitsuhiro ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Physiological adaptation; Semiarid conditions; Wheat water saving; Yield improvement

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 19544390484     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.2101     Document Type: Article

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