Grain filling of durum wheat through assimilate remobilisation under semi-arid conditions

Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 197-211

  Latiri, K ^a   Lhomme, J P ^b   Lawlor, D W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

^b UMR LISAH   (France)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84874349282     PISSN: 00144797     EISSN: 14694441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0014479712001238     Document Type: Article

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