Genetic progress in grain yield and physiological traits in Chinese wheat cultivars of southern Yellow and Huai Valley since 1950

Crop Science

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 760-773

  Gao, Fengmei ^a,b,c   Ma, Dongyun ^d   Yin, Guihong ^e   Rasheed, Awais ^a   Dong, Yan ^a   Xiao, Yonggui ^a   Xia, Xianchun ^a   Wu, Xiaoxia ^f   He, Zhonghu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b NORTHEAST AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HEILONGJIANG ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (China)

^d HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Zhoukou Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

^f Key Lab of Soybean Biology   (China)

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EID: 85014712625     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: 14350653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2016.05.0362     Document Type: Article

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