Grain, sugar and biomass accumulation in tropical sorghums. I. Trade-offs and effects of phenological plasticity

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 342-354

  Gutjahr, Sylvain ^a   Vaksmann, Michel ^a,b   Dingkuhn, Michaël ^a,c   Thera, Korothimi ^b   Trouche, Gilles ^a   Braconnier, Serge ^a   Luquet, Delphine ^a  

^a UMR AGAP   (France)

^b Institut d'Economie Rurale Mali   (Mali)

^c INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

grain filling; phenology; photoperiod sensitivity; sink competition; Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench; sugar storage

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; DRY MATTER; GENOTYPE; GERMPLASM; MATURATION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RAINFALL; SOWING; SUGAR;

BAMAKO; KOULIKORO; MALI;

SORGHUM BICOLOR;

EID: 84876561113     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP12269     Document Type: Article

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