Comparison of responses to drought stress of 100 wheat accessions and landraces to identify opportunities for improving wheat drought resistance

Plant Breeding

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 369-379

  Dodig, Dejan ^a,b   Zorić, Miroslav ^c   Kandić, Vesna ^b   Perović, Dragan ^d   Šurlan Momirović, Gordana ^e  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Maize Research Institute 'Zemun Polje'   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOVI SAD   (Serbia)

^d INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Agronomic traits; Cultivars; Drought stress; Grain yield; Landraces; Wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84862019538     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: 14390523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2011.01941.x     Document Type: Article

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