Genetic improvement of grain protein content and other health-related constituents of wheat grain

Plant Breeding

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 446-457

  Balyan, Harindra S ^a   Gupta, Pushpendra K ^a   Kumar, Sachin ^a   Dhariwal, Raman ^a   Jaiswal, Vandana ^a   Tyagi, Sandhya ^a   Agarwal, Priyanka ^a   Gahlaut, Vijay ^a   Kumari, Supriya ^a  

^a CH CHARAN SINGH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioactive compounds; Genetics; Grain protein content; Marker assisted selection; Microelements; Toxic elements; Vitamins; Wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84884974057     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: 14390523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbr.12047     Document Type: Review

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