Is the stay-green trait in sorghum a result of transpiration sensitivity to either soil drying or vapor pressure deficit?

Crop Science

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2129-2134

  Choudhary, Sunita ^a   Mutava, Raymond N ^b   Shekoofa, Avat ^a   Sinclair, Thomas R ^a   Prasad, P V Vara ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84881482469     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2013.01.0043     Document Type: Article

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