Water use efficiency of four dryland wheat cultivars under different levels of nitrogen fertilization

Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 843-854

  Miranzadeh, H ^a   Emam, Y ^a   Pilesjo P ^b   Seyyedi, H ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chlormaquat chloride; Drought stress; Grain yield; Photosynthesis rate (An); Stomatal conductance (gs); WUE

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 80052702688     PISSN: 16807073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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