Response of wheat to subsoil salinity and temporary water stress at different stages of the reproductive phase

Plant and Soil

Volumn 330, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-113

  Grewal, Harsharn Singh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exchangeable sodium percentage; Grain yield; Ionic balance; Root function; Water uptake; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CLAY SOIL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ION EXCHANGE; POTASSIUM; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; ROOT SYSTEM; SALINITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL WATER; SUBSOIL; WATER STRESS; WATER UPTAKE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77950342084     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-0179-7     Document Type: Article

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