Crop physiology: Applications for breeding and agronomy

Crop Physiology: Applications for Genetic Improvement and Agronomy: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-14

  Sadras, Victor O ^a   Calderini, Daniel F ^b  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Ecology; Environment; Food security; Genetics; Nitrogen; Phenotype; Radiation; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942608185     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-417104-6.00001-7     Document Type: Chapter

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