Breeding wheat cultivars with improved adaptation to low soil-N, has gained importance worldwide in order to decrease N fertilizer consumption and overcome the ecological and economic problems of the misuse of this fertilizer. Identification of wheat crosses that show useful hete...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2016/21916
To start an accurate wheat breeding program for improving low-N tolerance, information on the type of gene action controlling the inheritance of grain yield and quality traits under contrasting N environments should be available, which is the objective of the present investigatio...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/21939
There is an increased interest worldwide in developing wheat cultivars that are more efficient in utilizing nitrogen (N) and better fitted to N limitations. The objective of this investigation was to study the effects of contrasting soil N levels on the genetic parameters control...
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Research Article10.9734/ARRB/2015/21938
Developing nitrogen use efficient (NUE) genotypes of wheat could reduce crop N fertilizer requirement. However, selection for NUE alone can be difficult and less efficient than associating it with one or more of selection criteria. The aim of this study was to determine selection...
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Research Article10.9734/JAERI/2016/21917
Screening wheat germplasm based on grain yield (GYPP) and nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) under contrasting N environments may be useful in identifying N-efficient (low-N tolerant) and responsive genotypes of great value in breeding programs. The main aim of the present study was t...
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Research Article10.9734/IJPSS/2015/21915