Growing-season rainfall, ear number and the water-limited potential yield of wheat in south-western Australia

Crop and Pasture Science

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 296-303

  Zhang, Heping ^a   Turner, Neil C ^b   Simpson, Narelle ^c   Poole, Michael L ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; CROPPING PRACTICE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; GROWING SEASON; HERB; RAINFALL; WATER AVAILABILITY; WHEAT;

AUSTRALIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77951427119     PISSN: 18360947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/CP09288     Document Type: Article

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