Changes in the yield and associated photosynthetic traits of dry-land winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) from the 1940s to the 2010s in Shaanxi Province of China

Field Crops Research

Volumn 167, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-10

  Sun, Yingying ^a   Wang, Xiaolin ^b   Wang, Nan ^a,b   Chen, Yinglong ^b   Zhang, Suiqi ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Genetic improvement; Photosynthetic traits; Yield components; Yield potential

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; WHEAT; WINTER;

CHINA; SHAANXI;

EID: 84904871926     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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