A water deficit during pod development in lentils reduces flower and pod numbers but not seed size

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 427-438

  Shrestha, R ^a   Turner, N C ^a   Siddique, K H M ^a   Turner, D W ^a   Speijers, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dry matter; Flower drop; Pod abortion; Pod production; Seed fill duration; Seed growth rate

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; PLANT; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEED;

LENS CULINARIS;

EID: 33646239374     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AR05225     Document Type: Article

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