Uncommon selection by root system size increases barley yield

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 545-551

  Svačina, Petr ^a   Středa, Tomáš ^b   Chloupek, Oldřich ^b  

^a Moravamalt ^*  (Czech Republic)

^b MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Barley; Drought; Electrical capacitance; Hordeum vulgare L; Inheritance; Root system size; Varieties

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; DROUGHT STRESS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HERITABILITY; HYBRIDIZATION; ROOT SYSTEM; SELECTIVE BREEDING; SIZE; SOIL WATER; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; YIELD RESPONSE;

EID: 84899108558     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-013-0160-y     Document Type: Article

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