Morphological, physiological and yield responses of durum wheat to pre-anthesis water-deficit stress are genotype-dependent

Crop and Pasture Science

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1024-1038

  Liu, Haipei ^a   Searle, Iain R ^a   Mather, Diane E ^a   Able, Amanda J ^a   Able, Jason A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

chlorophyll content; leaf water potential; morphological traits; relative water content; yield components

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CHLOROPHYLL; GENOTYPE; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOMASS; WATER CONTENT; WATER STRESS; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

TRITICUM TURGIDUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 84942908613     PISSN: 18360947     EISSN: 18365795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/CP15013     Document Type: Article

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