Grain yields with limited water

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 407, 2004, Pages 2385-2394

  Boyer, J S ^a   Westgate, M E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Abscisic acid; Invertase; Ovary; Photosynthesis; Pollen; Starch; Sterility; Sucrose; Sugar

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); METABOLISM; STARCH; SUGAR (SUCROSE); WATER;

GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLIC CHANGES; POLLEN STERILITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

SUCROSE; WATER;

AGRICULTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PLANT SEED;

AGRICULTURE; FLOWERS; SEEDS; SUCROSE; WATER; ZEA MAYS;

AGRICULTURE; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; PLANTS; STARCH; SUGAR; WATER;

ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 8444245671     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erh219     Document Type: Conference Paper

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