Stay green character at grain filling ensures resistance against terminal drought in wheat

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1272-1276

  Nawaz, Ahmad ^a   Farooq, Muhammad ^a   Cheema, Sardar Alam ^a   Yasmeen, Azra ^b   Wahid, Abdul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bread wheat; Drought stress; Grain filling; Leaf senescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889013604     PISSN: 15608530     EISSN: 18149596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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