Drought Stress in Wheat during Flowering and Grain-filling Periods

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 331-349

  Farooq, Muhammad ^a,b,c,d   Hussain, Mubshar ^e   Siddique, Kadambot H M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

assimilate translocation; breeding; genetic engineering; grain filling; photosynthesis; terminal drought

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900864832     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: 15497836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352689.2014.875291     Document Type: Review

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