Published online 24 February 2006
Published in Crop Sci 46:735-746 (2006)
© 2006 Crop Science Society of America
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Genotypic Variation for Stem Reserves and Mobilization in Wheat
I. Postanthesis Changes in Internode Dry Matter
B. Ehdaiea,*,
G. A. Alloushb,
M. A. Madorec and
J. G. Wainesa
a Dep. of Botany and Plant Sci., Univ. of California, Riverside, CA 92521-0124
b Dep. of Soil Sci., Faculty of Agriculture, Tishreen Univ., Lattakia, Syria
c Gryndlscot Farms, RR 9, Dunnville, Ontario N1A 2W8 Canada

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Fig. 1. Changes in main stem peduncle dry weight during grain filling in 10 bread and a durum (Westbred Turbo) wheat cultivars. Each point is a mean of 16 observations with standard error of mean = 17.3 mg.
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Fig. 2. Changes in main stem peduncle specific weight during grain filling in 10 bread and a durum (Westbred Turbo) wheat cultivars. Each point is a mean of 16 observations with standard error of mean = 0.51 mg cm1.
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Fig. 3. Changes in main stem penultimate dry weight during grain filling in 10 bread and a durum (Westbred Turbo) wheat cultivars. Each point is a mean of 16 observations with standard error of mean = 16.3 mg.
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Fig. 4. Changes in main stem penultimate specific weight during grain filling in 10 bread and a durum (Westbred Turbo) wheat cultivars. Each point is a mean of 16 observations with standard error of mean = 0.83 mg cm1.
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Fig. 5. Changes in main stem lower internodes dry weight during grain filling in 10 bread and a durum (Westbred Turbo) wheat cultivars. Each point is a mean of 16 observations with standard error of mean = 26.0 mg.
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Fig. 6. Changes in main stem lower internodes specific weight during grain filling in 10 bread and a durum (Westbred Turbo) wheat cultivars. Each point is a mean of 16 observations with standard error of mean = 0.99 mg cm1.
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