Physiological mechanisms of poor grain growth in abnormally early ripening wheat grown in West Japan

Plant Production Science

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 278-284

  Hossain, Md Alamgir ^a   Takahashi, Tadashi ^b   Zhang, Li ^a   Nakatsukasa, Masamichi ^c   Kimura, Kouji ^c   Kurashige, Hiroshi ^c   Hirata, Toshiaki ^c   Ariyoshi, Machiko ^c  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Yamaguchi Agricultural Experiment Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abnormally early ripening; Culm reserves; Poor grain filling; Remobilization; Starch granules; Wheat

Indexed keywords

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EID: 67651211524     PISSN: 1343943X     EISSN: 13491008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/pps.12.278     Document Type: Article

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