Of growing importance: Combining greater early vigour and transpiration efficiency for wheat in variable rainfed environments

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1107-1115

  Wilson, P B ^a,b   Rebetzke, G J ^a   Condon, A G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

physiology; Triticum aestivum L.; water use; water limited; yield

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; SELECTIVE BREEDING; TRANSPIRATION; WATER USE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WHEAT;

AUSTRALIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84983113075     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: 14454416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP15228     Document Type: Article

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