Bread and durum wheat yields under a wide range of environmental conditions

Field Crops Research

Volumn 156, Issue , 2014, Pages 258-271

  Marti, Jordi ^a   Slafer, Gustavo A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breeding; NUE; Triticum; WUE; Yield components; Yield stability

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIELDWORK; PLANT BREEDING; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT; WHEAT;

TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 84891073724     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2013.10.008     Document Type: Article

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