Grain weight responses to post-anthesis spikelet-trimming in an old and a modern wheat under Mediterranean conditions

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 365-371

  Cartelle, Julia ^a   Pedró, Anna ^a   Savin, Roxana ^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; Sink size; Source sink relation; Wheat

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; GROWTH RESPONSE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SOWING; WATER STRESS; WEIGHT; WHEAT;

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

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33749640649     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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