Dissection of drought response of modern and underutilized wheat varieties according to passioura’s yield-water framework

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 6, Issue JULY, 2015, Pages

  Nakhforoosh, Alireza ^a   Grausgruber, Heinrich ^a   Kaul, Hans Peter ^a   Bodner, Gernot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Drought resistance; Genetic resources; Phenology; Stomatal conductance; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84938320665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00570     Document Type: Article

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