The physiological and genetic bases of water-use efficiency in winter wheat

Winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is the most extensive arable crop in the UK grown on about 2M ha p.a. There is a need to identify traits to ameliorate yield losses to drought which are on average about 15% per year. These losses will be exacerbated with predicted climate change. The overall obje...

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Main Author: Baburai Nagesh, Aravinda Kumar
Published: University of Nottingham 2006
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.435403