Wheat grain number: Identification of favourable physiological traits in an elite doubled-haploid population

Field Crops Research

Volumn 168, Issue , 2014, Pages 126-134

  García, Guillermo A ^a   Serrago, Román A ^a   González, Fernanda G ^b   Slafer, Gustavo A ^c   Reynolds, Matthew P ^d   Miralles, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^d INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bacanora; Fruiting efficiency; Grain yield potential; Spike dry weight; Triticum aestivum L.; Weebil

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CROP YIELD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; IDENTIFICATION KEY; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 85027940797     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2014.07.018     Document Type: Article

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