Identifying traits and developing genetic sources for increased lodging resistance in elite high yielding wheat cultivars

Lodging is a persistent phenomenon that reduces grain quality and grain yield of wheat. It is defined as the permanent displacement of the plant/shoots from their vertical position. During the Green revolution, wheat plant height was reduced to avoid lodging and allowed growers to increase nitrogen...

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Main Author: Piñera Chavez, Francsico Javier
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2016
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34045/