Grain weight response to increases in number of grains in wheat in a Mediterranean area

Field Crops Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-59

  Acreche, Martín M ^a   Slafer, Gustavo A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Grain weight; Mediterranean area; Number of grains; Wheat

Indexed keywords

CROPS; CULTIVATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

GRAIN WEIGHT; MEDITERRANEAN AREA; NUMBER OF GRAINS;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

BASAL AREA; CANOPY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GRAIN SIZE; TILLERING; WHEAT;

CULTIVATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GRAIN; WHEAT;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33646473224     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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