Nitrogen and water use efficiencies of wheat and barley under a Mediterranean environment in Catalonia

Field Crops Research

Volumn 128, Issue , 2012, Pages 109-118

  Cossani, C Mariano ^a,c   Slafer, Gustavo A ^a,b   Savin, Roxana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^c INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Grain yield; Hordeum vulgare; Nitrogen uptake; Triticum aestivum; Triticum durum; Water use

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP PERFORMANCE; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MATURATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MONOCULTURE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WHEAT;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 84857426526     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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