Determination of grain number in sorghum

Field Crops Research

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 259-268

  van Oosterom, E J ^a   Hammer, G L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drought; Nitrogen stress; Panicle growth rate; Partitioning; Resource competition; Single dwarf hybrid; Triple dwarf hybrid

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT STRESS; DRY MATTER; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HYBRID; MATURATION; PARTITIONING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SORGHUM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 50049131071     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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