Crop productivity as related to single-plant traits at key phenological stages in durum wheat

Field Crops Research

Volumn 138, Issue , 2012, Pages 42-51

  Pedró, Anna ^a   Savin, Roxana ^a   Slafer, Gustavo A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Grain yield; Grain yield components; Isolated plants, Triticum durum; Morpho physiological traits; Selection criteria

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENOTYPE; ISOLATED POPULATION; LEAF AREA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SELECTIVE BREEDING; WHEAT;

TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 84867742418     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2012.09.016     Document Type: Article

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