Variation for and relationships among biomass and grain yield component traits conferring improved yield and grain weight in an elite wheat population grown in variable yield environments

Crop and Pasture Science

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 717-729

  Rattey, Allan ^a   Shorter, Ray ^a,b   Chapman, Scott ^a   Dreccer, Fernanda ^b   Van Herwaarden, Anthony ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breeding; Drought; Heritability; Ideotype; Trait correlation.; Water soluble carbohydrates

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP YIELD; DROUGHT; HERITABILITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RECOMBINATION; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

SECALE CEREALE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 68949113974     PISSN: 18360947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/CP08460     Document Type: Article

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