Accumulation of dry matter and nitrogen in durum wheat during grain filling as affected by temperature and nitrogen rate

Italian Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-13

  Ercoli, Laura ^a   Masoni, Alessandro ^b   Mariotti, Marco ^b   Arduini, Iduna ^b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Durum wheat; Grain filling; Nitrogen content; Nitrogen fertilization; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; AIR TEMPERATURE; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; DRY MATTER; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MATURATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN; OPTIMIZATION; PROTEIN; SEEDING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 77952963711     PISSN: 11254718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ija.2009.1.3     Document Type: Article

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