Nitrogen partitioning and remobilization in relation to leaf senescence, grain yield and grain nitrogen concentration in wheat cultivars

Field Crops Research

Volumn 155, Issue , 2014, Pages 213-223

  Gaju, Oorbessy ^a   Allard, Vincent ^b,c   Martre, Pierre ^b,c   Le Gouis, Jacques ^b,c   Moreau, Delphine ^b,c   Bogard, Matthieu ^b,c   Hubbart, Stella ^a   Foulkes, M John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Diversity and Ecophysiology of Cereals   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Canopy senescence; Nitrogen partitioning; Nitrogen remobilization; Nitrogen use efficiency; Wheat breeding

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BREEDING POPULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; GENETIC VARIATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; OPTIMIZATION; REMOBILIZATION; SENESCENCE; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84888296335     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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