Effect of terminal water stress on leaf epicuticular wax load, residual transpiration and grain yield in barley

Euphytica

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 341-349

  Gonzalez A ^a   Ayerbe, L ^b  

^a CAM   (Spain)

^b Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barley; Drought tolerance; Epicuticular wases; Grain yield; Residual transpiration

Indexed keywords

HORDEUM;

EID: 77954035494     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-009-0027-0     Document Type: Article

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