A water-centred framework to assess the effects of salinity on the growth and yield of wheat and barley

Plant and Soil

Volumn 336, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 377-389

  Harris, Brett N ^a   Sadras, Victor O ^b   Tester, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grain number; Grain size; Harvest index; Leaf appearance rate; Osmotic stress; Resources; Sodium exclusion; Tissue tolerance; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; DRY MATTER; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; OSMOSIS; RESOURCE USE; SALINITY; SALINITY TOLERANCE; SHOOT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER UPTAKE; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 78049269881     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0489-9     Document Type: Article

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