Trends since 1900 in the yield potential of Italian-bred durum wheat cultivars

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-24

  Giunta, Francesco ^a   Motzo, Rosella ^a   Pruneddu, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breeding; Durum wheat; Yield potential

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BREEDING; CULTIVAR; GENE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SOIL NITROGEN; WHEAT; YIELD;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 34248669046     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2007.01.009     Document Type: Article

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