Grain and straw for whole plant value: Implications for crop management and genetic improvement strategies

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 277-294

  Schiere, J B ^a   Joshi, A L ^b   Seetharam, A ^c   Oosting, S J ^a   Goodchild, A V ^d,e   Deinum, B ^a   Van Keulen, H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b BAIF Development Research Foundation   (India)

^c INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^e Intl Ctr Agric Res the Dry Areas ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BASIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 3242668197     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479704001814     Document Type: Review

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