Low contribution of photosynthesis and water-use efficiency to improvement of grain yield in Chinese wheat

Photosynthetica

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 519-526

  Chen, X ^a   Hao, M D ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

agronomic traits; flag leaf; grain number per area unit; highland agricultural system; jointing stage; rate of photosynthesis per leaf area unit; stomatal conductance; thousand grain mass; transpiration rate; water use efficiency; winter wheat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945484380     PISSN: 03003604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11099-015-0147-9     Document Type: Article

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