Prospects of doubling global wheat yields

Food and Energy Security

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-48

  Hawkesford, Malcolm J ^a   Araus, Jose Luis ^b   Park, Robert ^c   Calderini, Daniel ^d   Miralles, Daniel ^e   Shen, Tianmin ^f   Zhang, Jianping ^f   Parry, Martin A J ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^e Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^f Henan Tianmin Seed Company Limited   (China)

Author keywords

Food security; Nitrogen; Pathogens; Pests; Photosynthesis; Water; Wheat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886092035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20483694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fes3.15     Document Type: Review

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