Relationship of carbon isotope discrimination to water use efficiency and productivity of barley under field and greenhouse conditions

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science

Volumn 193, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 313-323

  Anyia, A O ^a   Slaski, J J ^a   Nyachiro, J M ^a,b   Archambault, D J ^a,c   Juskiw, P ^a,b  

^a ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barley; Carbon isotope discrimination; Drought stress; Productivity; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CORRELATION; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVAR; DROUGHT STRESS; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 34548762457     PISSN: 09312250     EISSN: 1439037X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-037X.2007.00274.x     Document Type: Article

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