Identifying high-yielding dryland wheat cultivars for the summer rainfall area of South Africa

South African Journal of Plant and Soil

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 77-81

  Dube, Ernest ^a   Mare Patose, Rorisang ^a   Kilian, Willem ^a   Barnard, Annelie ^a   Tsilo, Toi J ^a  

^a ARC Small Grain Institute   (South Africa)

Author keywords

breeding; cultivar adaptation; cultivar evaluation; drought tolerance; wheat yield; yield improvement

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGROMETEOROLOGY; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DRYLAND FARMING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PLANT BREEDING; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SUMMER; WHEAT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84958113552     PISSN: 02571862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02571862.2015.1061712     Document Type: Article

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