Breeding effects on grain filling, biomass partitioning, and demobilization in Mediterranean durum wheat

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 361-370

  Álvaro, Fanny ^a   Isidro, Julio ^b   Villegas, Dolors ^a   García Del Moral, Luís F ^b   Royo, Conxita ^a  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; BIOMASS; CROPS;

BIOMASS PARTITIONING; BREEDING; CULTIVARS; GRAIN FILLING;

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT);

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 41449084236     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2007.0075     Document Type: Article

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