Phenotyping maize for adaptation to drought

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 3 AUG, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Araus, Jose L ^a   Serret, María D ^a   Edmeades, Gregory O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Independent Consultant ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Breeding; Drought; Maize; Phenotyping; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866519607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00305     Document Type: Review

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