Assessment of physiological parameters useful in screening for tolerance to soil drought in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes

Cereal Research Communications

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 5, 2008, Pages 1943-1946

  Zivcak, Marek ^a   Brestic, Marian ^a   Olsovska, Katarina ^a  

^a SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN NITRA   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Osmotic adjustment; Photosynthesis; Soil drought; Transpiration efficiency; Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 72749127726     PISSN: 01333720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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