Reproductive Development in Grain Crops during Drought

Advances in Agronomy

Volumn 68, Issue C, 1999, Pages 59-96

  Saini, Hargurdeep S ^a   Westgate, Mark E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77956667866     PISSN: 00652113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2113(08)60843-3     Document Type: Article

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