Assessing the importance of subsoil constraints to yield of wheat and its implications for yield improvement

Crop and Pasture Science

Volumn 63, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages 1043-1065

  McDonald, G K ^a   Taylor, J D ^a,b   Verbyla, A ^a,b   Kuchel, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Australian Grain Technologies   (Australia)

Author keywords

abiotic stress; adaptation; aluminium toxicity; boron toxicity; genotype environment; manganese efficiency; root growth; root lesion nematode; zinc efficiency.

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CROP YIELD; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FLOWERING; GENETIC VARIATION; LESION; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; ROOT SYSTEM; SODIC SOIL; SUBSOIL; WHEAT;

AUSTRALIA;

PRATYLENCHUS NEGLECTUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84875459033     PISSN: 18360947     EISSN: 18365795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/CP12244     Document Type: Article

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