Breeding progress in grain yield of winter wheat cultivars grown at different nitrogen levels in semiarid conditions

Breeding Science

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 260-268

  Mladenov, Novica ^a   Hristov, Nikola ^a   Kondic Spika, Ankica ^a   Djuric, Veselinka ^a   Jevtic, Radivoje ^a   Mladenov, Velimir ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF FIELD AND VEGETABLE CROPS   (Serbia)

^b FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Breeding; Cultivars; Nitrogen; Wheat; Yield; Yield components

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 80052725353     PISSN: 13447610     EISSN: 13473735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1270/jsbbs.61.260     Document Type: Article

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