Relationships between grain yield, flag leaf morphology, carbon isotope discrimination and ash content in irrigated wheat

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 395-401

  Monneveux, P ^a,b   Reynolds, M P ^a   Gonzalez Santoyo H ^a   Pena R J ^a   Mayr, L ^a,c   Zapata, F ^a,c  

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

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ash content; Carbon isotope discrimination; Glaucousness; Leaf posture; Leaf rolling; Triticum aestivum L.

Indexed keywords

ASH; CARBON ISOTOPE; CROP YIELD; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; WHEAT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

FRAXINUS; TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 9644266866     PISSN: 09312250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-037X.2004.00116.x     Document Type: Article

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