Plant density effect on grain number and weight of two winter wheat cultivars at different spikelet and grain positions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Li, Yong ^a   Cui, Zhengyong ^a   Ni, Yingli ^b   Zheng, Mengjing ^a   Yang, Dongqing ^a   Jin, Min ^c   Chen, Jin ^a   Wang, Zhenlin ^a   Yin, Yanping ^a  

^a SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Agricultural Bureau of Rencheng District   (China)

^c Agricultural Bureau of Zhangqiu District   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; GRAIN YIELD; PLANT DENSITY; PLANT SEED; SEASON; SPIKE; SPIKELET; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; WINTER WHEAT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BIOMASS; FOOD GRAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT STEM; WHEAT;

BIOMASS; EDIBLE GRAIN; PLANT STEMS; SEASONS; SEEDS; TRITICUM;

EID: 84969577659     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155351     Document Type: Article

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