Soil water availability and plant competition affect the yield of spring wheat

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-60

  Song, L ^a   Li, F M ^a   Fan, X W ^a,b   Xiong, Y C ^a   Wang, W Q ^c   Wu, X B ^d   Turner, N C ^e  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biomass allocation; Competitive ability; Drought resistance; Growth redundancy; Root size; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; DROUGHT; GROWTH; ROOT; SOIL WATER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER USE; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 65649129743     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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