The effects of domestication on the scaling of below- vs. aboveground biomass in four selected wheat (triticum; poaceae) genotypes 1

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1112-1117

  Qin, Xiaoliang ^a   Niklas, Karl J ^b   Qi, Lin ^a   Xiong, Youcai ^a   Li, Fengmin ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Breeding; Diploid; Domestication; Hexaploid; Ploidy; Poaceae; Tetraploid; Triticum

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CROP YIELD; DOMESTICATION; GENOTYPE; PLOIDY; WHEAT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; DIPLOIDY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PLANT; PLANT ROOT; POLYPLOIDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME; WHEAT;

BIOMASS; DIPLOIDY; GENOTYPE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; POLYPLOIDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRITICUM;

POACEAE; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM MONOCOCCUM;

EID: 84862136775     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100366     Document Type: Article

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