The relationship between the senescence induced by water deficits and C remobilization during grain filling in two wheat cultivars differing in drought resistance

African Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1990-2001

  Saeedipour, Saeed ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Flag leaves; Grain filling; Grain yield; Hexose sugar; Internodes; Photosynthesis; Soluble proteins; Triticum aestivum L. chlorophyll

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79957601927     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1991637X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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