Triticale vs durum wheat: A performance comparison in a Mediterranean environment

Field Crops Research

Volumn 180, Issue , 2015, Pages 63-71

  Motzo, Rosella ^a   Pruneddu, Giovanni ^a   Virdis, Adriana ^b   Giunta, Francesco ^a  

^a Sez Agronomia Coltivazioni Erbacee e Genetica   (Italy)

^b AGRIS Sardegna Dipartimento per la Ricerca in Arboricoltura   (Italy)

Author keywords

Durum wheat; Grain yield; G E; Mediterranean environment; Triticale

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; WATER AVAILABILITY; WHEAT;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

TRITICOSECALE; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 84930656476     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2015.05.007     Document Type: Article

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