Genotype×environment interactions for root depth of wheat

Field Crops Research

Volumn 137, Issue , 2012, Pages 117-125

  Botwright Acuna T L ^a   Wade, L J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

G E; Roots; Traffic pan; Triticum aestivum L.

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; RAINFALL; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL STRENGTH; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84866977431     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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