Responses of grain yield, biomass and harvest index and their rates of genetic progress to nitrogen availability in ten winter wheat varieties

Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-101

  Whitest, E M ^a,b   Wilson, F E A ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomass; Harvest index; Varieties; Wheat; Yield improvement

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34249088903     PISSN: 07916833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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