Grain weight of durum wheat cultivars released in Italy and Spain during the 20 th century as affected by source-sink manipulations

Cereal Research Communications

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 134-145

  Rharrabti, Y ^a,c   Miralles, D J ^b   Martos, V ^a   Garcia Del Moral L F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c CADI AYYAD UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Durum wheat; Grain weight; Mediterranean conditions; Source sink manipulations; Southeastern Spain

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 77950285051     PISSN: 01333720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/CRC.38.2010.1.14     Document Type: Article

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