A new scale for the assessment of wheat spike morphogenesis

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 220-231

  Vahamidis, P ^a   Karamanos, A ^a   Economou, G ^a   Fasseas, C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Development scale; durum wheat; florets; meristem; primordial; spikelets; Triticum durum; wheat spike morphogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894285496     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: 17447348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aab.12097     Document Type: Article

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