Variation of floret fertility in hexaploid wheat revealed by tiller removal

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 66, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 5945-5958

  Guo, Zifeng ^a   Schnurbusch, Thorsten ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fertile floret; Final grain; Floral degradation; Maximum number of floret primordia

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; FLOWER; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYPLOIDY; WHEAT;

FERTILITY; FLOWERS; GENOTYPE; POLYPLOIDY; TRITICUM;

EID: 84942279904     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erv303     Document Type: Article

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