Relationships between height and yield in near-isogenic spring wheats that contrast for major reduced height genes

Euphytica

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 391-397

  Chapman, S C ^a   Mathews, K L ^a,b   Trethowan, R M ^c,d   Singh, R P ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genotype by environment interaction; GxE; Rht; Semidwarf

Indexed keywords

PAVON; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34548571920     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-006-9304-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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