Identification of Differentially Senescing Mutants of Wheat and Impacts on Yield, Biomass and Nitrogen Partitioning

Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 555-566

  Derkx, Adinda P ^a,b   Orford, Simon ^c   Griffiths, Simon ^c   Foulkes, M John ^b   Hawkesford, Malcolm J ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grain filling; Nitrogen; Senescence; Stay green; Wheat; Yield

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

BIOMASS; GENOTYPE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LEAF; MUTATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PARTITIONING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; WHEAT;

BIOMASS; MUTATION; NITROGEN; TRITICUM;

EID: 84865429748     PISSN: 16729072     EISSN: 17447909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7909.2012.01144.x     Document Type: Article

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