Grain growth and yield formation of durum wheat grown at contrasting latitudes and water regimes in a Mediterranean environment

Cereal Research Communications

Volumn 34, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 1021-1028

  Royo, C ^a   Villegas, D ^a   Rharrabti, Y ^b   Blanco, R ^a   Martos, V ^a,b   Garcia Del Moral L F ^b  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Final grain weight; Grain filling duration; Maximum grain filling rate

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 33749520484     PISSN: 01333720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/CRC.34.2006.2-3.233     Document Type: Article

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