Crop management techniques to enhance harvest index in rice

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3177-3189

  Yang, Jianchang ^a   Zhang, Jianhua ^b  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Alternate wetting and drying; Controlled soil drying; Harvest index; Non flooded mulching cultivation; Rice; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CARBON; WATER; SOIL;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; RICE; SOIL; PROCEDURES;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; CARBON; ORYZA SATIVA; SOIL; WATER;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 77954807938     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq112     Document Type: Review

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