Yield components as indicators of drought tolerance of sugarcane

Scientia Agricola

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 620-627

  Silva, Marcelo De Almeida ^a   Da Silva, Jorge Alberto Gonçalves ^b   Enciso, Juan ^b   Sharma, Vivek ^b   Jifon, John ^b  

^a AGÊNCIA PAULISTA DE TECNOLOGIA DOS AGRONEGÓCIOS   (Brazil)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biometric attributes; Genotypes; Productivity; Saccharum spp.; Water stress

Indexed keywords

SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM OFFICINARUM;

EID: 57149108748     PISSN: 01039016     EISSN: 1678992X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0103-90162008000600008     Document Type: Article

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