Is barley yield in the UK sink limited?. I. Post-anthesis radiation interception, radiation-use efficiency and source-sink balance

Field Crops Research

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 198-211

  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; Feedback inhibition; Grain filling; Radiation use efficiency; Sink; Source

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RADIATION;

FEEDBACK INHIBITION; GRAIN FILLING; RADIATION USE EFFICIENCY; SOURCE SINK BALANCE;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

BARLEY; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON SINK; CROP HUSBANDRY; CROP YIELD; DEFOLIATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION; SHADING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

BARLEY; CARBOHYDRATES; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; RADIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 33846331656     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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