Is barley yield in the UK sink limited?. II. Factors affecting potential grain size

Field Crops Research

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 212-220

  Bingham, Ian J ^a   Blake, Jonathan ^b   Foulkes, M John ^c   Spink, John ^b  

^a SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barley; Grain filling; Mean grain weight; Potential grain weight; Radiation interception; Sink capacity

Indexed keywords

CROPS; RADIATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

GRAIN FILLING; MEAN GRAIN WEIGHT; POTENTIAL GRAIN WEIGHT; RADIATION INTERCEPTION; SINK CAPACITY;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BARLEY; CARBON SINK; CROP YIELD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; MOISTURE CONTENT; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BARLEY; FARM CROPS; RADIATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 33846326896     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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