Physiological attributes associated with yield and stability in selected lines of a durum wheat population

Euphytica

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-208

  Pedro, Anna ^a   Savin, Roxana ^a   Habash, Dimah Z ^b   Slafer, Gustavo A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Grain number; Grain weight; Mediterranean environment; Source sink relationship; Triticum durum

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 79958771532     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-011-0352-y     Document Type: Article

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