Variability of root traits in spring wheat germplasm

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Narayanan, Sruthi ^a   Mohan, Amita ^b   Gill, Kulvinder S ^b   Vara Prasad, P V ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; COLEOPTILE LENGTH; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERMPLASM; GREENHOUSE; MEXICO; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT PARAMETERS; PLANT ROOT; ROOT DIAMETER; ROOT DRY WEIGHT; ROOT LENGTH; ROOT SHOOT RATIO; ROOT SURFACE AREA; ROOT VOLUME; ROOTING DEPTH; SHOOT DRY WEIGHT; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SPRING WHEAT; TILLER NUMBER PER PLANT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMASS; GENETICS; PLANT; PLANT SEED; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; SEASON; WHEAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMASS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; SEASONS; SEEDS; TRITICUM;

EID: 84903388934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100317     Document Type: Article

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