The effect of drought and heat stress on reproductive processes in cereals

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-38

  Barnabás, Beáta ^a   Jäger, Katalin ^a   Fehér, Attila ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Barley; Elevated temperature; Flowering; Gamete development; Grain filling; Limited water availability; Maize; Meiosis; Rice; Wheat

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BARLEY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP YIELD; DROUGHT; FLOWERING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MAIZE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; RICE; WATER AVAILABILITY; WHEAT;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CEREAL; DISASTER; GENETICS; HEAT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CEREALS; HEAT; NATURAL DISASTERS; REPRODUCTION; WATER;

HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 36749081620     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2007.01727.x     Document Type: Article

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