Coarse and fine regulation of wheat yield components in response to genotype and environment

Field Crops Research

Volumn 157, Issue , 2014, Pages 71-83

  Slafer, Gustavo A ^a,b   Savin, Roxana ^b   Sadras, Victor O ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grain weight; Grains per m2; Grains per spike; Spikes per m2; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GRAIN SIZE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; WHEAT;

EID: 84891132121     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2013.12.004     Document Type: Article

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