Effects of water and fertilization on relationship between competitive ability and seed yield of modern and old spring wheat varieties

Shengtai Xuebao/ Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2501-2508

  Du, Jingqi ^a   Wei, Panpan ^a   Yuan, Ziqiang ^a   Ma, Yijun ^a   Zhang, Rong ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Seed yield; Soil water and fertilization gradients; Water utilization efficiency; Wheat spring varieties

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ADAPTIVE RADIATION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CULTIVAR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RATE; HIGH YIELDING VARIETY; INHIBITOR; LIMITING FACTOR; MONOCULTURE; REPRODUCTION; SEED; SOIL WATER; SPRING (SEASON); WHEAT; YIELD;

CHINA; GANSU;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79957799993     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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