Genetic control of duration of pre-anthesis phases in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and relationships to leaf appearance, tillering, and dry matter accumulation

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-89

  Borràs Gelonch, Gisela ^a   Rebetzke, Greg J ^b   Richards, Richard A ^b   Romagosa, Ignacio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dry weight; flag leaf; flowering; leaf appearance; phenology; QTL; stem elongation; terminal spikelet; tillering; wheat

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; WHEAT;

GENES, PLANT; PLANT LEAVES; TRITICUM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84555194884     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err230     Document Type: Article

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