Cold tolerance during early reproductive growth of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.): Characterization of stress and genetic variation in pod set

Field Crops Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-193

  Srinivasan, Ancha ^a   Johansen, C ^b   Saxena, N P ^b  

^a Regional Science Institute   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

Author keywords

Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.); Cold tolerance; Flowering; Genetic variation; Germplasm screening; Northern India; Pod set

Indexed keywords

CHICKPEA; COLD TOLERANCE; GENETIC VARIATION; REPRODUCTIVE GROWTH;

CICER ARIETINUM;

EID: 0032577497     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(97)00118-4     Document Type: Article

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