Improving water-use efficiency by decreasing stomatal conductance and transpiration rate to maintain higher ear photosynthetic rate in drought-resistant wheat

Crop Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 231-239

  Li, Yuping ^a   Li, Hongbin ^b   Li, Yuanyuan ^a   Zhang, Suiqi ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

Drought resistance; Ear photosynthesis; Stomatal structure; Water use efficiency; Wheat

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019380912     PISSN: 20955421     EISSN: 22145141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cj.2017.01.001     Document Type: Article

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