The effect of grain position on genetic improvement of grain number and thousand grain weight in winter wheat in North China

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 9, Issue , 2018, Pages

  Feng, Fan ^a   Han, Yunliang ^a   Wang, Shengnan ^a,b   Yin, Shaojing ^a   Peng, Zhenyu ^a   Zhou, Min ^a   Gao, Wenqi ^a   Wen, Xiaoxia ^a   Qin, Xiaoliang ^a   Siddique, Kadambot H M ^c  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PANZHIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genetic improvement; Grain number; Grain position; Grain weight; Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

EID: 85043384243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.00129     Document Type: Article

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