An assessment of wheat yield sensitivity and breeding gains in hot environments

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1752, 2013, Pages

  Gourdji, Sharon M ^a   Mathews, Ky L ^b   Reynolds, Matthew ^b   Crossa, José ^b   Lobell, David B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Breeding; Climate change; Heat tolerance; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD SECURITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TOLERANCE; VAPOR PRESSURE; WHEAT;

EID: 84870805650     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.2190     Document Type: Article

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