The Physiology and Stability of Leaf Carbon Isotope Discrimination as a Measure of Water-Use Efficiency in Barley on the Canadian Prairies

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science

Volumn 197, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Chen, J ^a   Chang, S X ^a   Anyia, A O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Alberta Innovates Technology Futures   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barley; Carbon isotope discrimination; Drought; Leaf gas exchange; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CROP YIELD; DROUGHT STRESS; GAS EXCHANGE; GENOTYPE; LEAF AREA INDEX; PRAIRIE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; WATER STRESS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE;

EID: 78650946151     PISSN: 09312250     EISSN: 1439037X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-037X.2010.00440.x     Document Type: Article

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