Improved wheat grain yield by a new method of root selection

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 195-202

  Heřmanská, Anna ^a   Středa, Tomáš ^b   Chloupek, Oldřich ^b  

^a Plant Breeding Station Stupice   (Czech Republic)

^b MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Drought tolerance; Electrical capacitance; Root system size; Selection response; Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; ROOT SYSTEM; SELECTIVE BREEDING; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84920782395     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-014-0227-4     Document Type: Article

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