Evaluating durum wheat performance and efficiency of senescence parameter usage in screening under Mediterranean conditions

Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 400-404

  Guendouz, A ^a   Maamari, K ^b  

^a Institut National Agronomique   (Algeria)

^b FERHAT ABBAS UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll; Durum wheat; Grain yield; Senescence; Water stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864403391     PISSN: None     EISSN: 0975928X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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