Evaluation of photosynthetic potential of wheat genotypes under drought condition

Photosynthetica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 47-54

  Sikder, S ^a,c   Foulkes, J ^a   West, H ^a   De Silva, J ^a   Gaju, O ^a   Greenland, A ^b   Howell, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL BOTANY   (United Kingdom)

^c HAJEE MOHAMMAD DANESH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

leaf gas exchange measurements; pot experiment; water regimes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925465248     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: 15739058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11099-015-0082-9     Document Type: Article

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