Contribution of pre-anthesis assimilates and current photosynthesis to grain yield, and their relationships to drought resistance in wheat cultivars grown under different soil moisture

Photosynthetica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 99-104

  Inoue, T ^a   Inanaga, S ^a   Sugimoto, Y ^b   El Siddig, K ^c  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CORPORATION   (Sudan)

Author keywords

cultivar differences; intercellular CO 2 concentration; net photosynthetic rate; remobilization; stomatal conductance; Triticum aestivum; water stress

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 4544228967     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:PHOT.0000040576.52128.ed     Document Type: Article

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