Nitrogen efficiency of wheat: Genotypic and environmental variation and prospects for improvement

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Barraclough, Peter B ^a   Howarth, Jonathan R ^a   Jones, Janina ^a   Lopez Bellido, Rafael ^b   Parmar, Saroj ^a   Shepherd, Caroline E ^a   Hawkesford, Malcolm J ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crop nutrition; Cultivar; Efficiency; Nitrogen; Quality; Uptake; Utilization; Variety; Wheat; Yield

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM NITRATE; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; STARCH; WHEAT;

ENGLAND; HERTFORDSHIRE; ROTHAMSTED EXPERIMENTAL STATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77951206162     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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