The relationship between grain weight and alpha-amylase in winter wheat: Varietal comparison from UK field experiments

Euphytica

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 395-402

  Farrell, A D ^a   Kettlewell, P S ^a  

^a HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha amylase; Grain size; Hagberg falling number; Thousand grain weight; Wheat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867742936     PISSN: 00142336     EISSN: 15735060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10681-009-9932-5     Document Type: Article

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