Carbon isotope discrimination accurately reflects variability in WUE measured at a whole plant level in rice

Crop Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2517-2522

  Impa, S M ^a   Nadaradjan, S ^a   Boominathan, P ^a   Shashidhar, G ^a   Bindumadhava, H ^a   Sheshshayee, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (India)

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ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 27644517712     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2005.0119     Document Type: Article

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