Phenotypic evaluation of floral and flowering traits with relevance for hybrid breeding in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Plant Breeding

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 433-441

  Langer, Simon M ^a   Longin, C Friedrich H ^a   Würschum, Tobias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Floral traits; Flowering biology; Hybrid seed production; Hybrid wheat; Hybridization system; Male ideotype; Wheat

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84904046189     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: 14390523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pbr.12192     Document Type: Article

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