Genetic and management approaches to boost UK wheat yields by ameliorating water deficits

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 62, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 5241-5248

  Dodd, Ian C ^a   Whalley, W R ^b   Ober, Eric S ^c   Parry, M A J ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c Broom's Barn Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Irrigation; plant breeding; rhizobacteria; wheat

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; CROP; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); METABOLISM; RHIZOBIACEAE; UNITED KINGDOM; WHEAT;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; GREAT BRITAIN; RHIZOBIACEAE; TRITICUM; WATER;

EID: 82255163225     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err242     Document Type: Article

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