Grain weight response to different postflowering source:Sink ratios in modern high-yielding argentinean wheats differing in spike fruiting efficiency

Crop Science

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 297-309

  González, Fernanda G ^a   Aldabe, María L ^b   Terrile, Ignacio I ^a   Rondanini, Deborah P ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

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EID: 84890338469     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2013.03.0157     Document Type: Article

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