Quantification of the yield and protein response to N and water availability by two wheat classes in the semiarid prairies

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 981-993

  Selles, F ^a   Clarke, J M ^a   DePauw, R M ^b  

^a BRANDON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Available water; Durum wheat; Fertilizer N; Grain protein; Grain yield; Hard red spring wheat; Soil N

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PRAIRIE; PROTEIN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMIARID REGION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WHEAT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 34248339111     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P05-007     Document Type: Article

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