Stay green trait in grain sorghum: Relationship between visual rating and leaf chlorophyll concentration

Plant Breeding

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 365-367

  Xu, W ^a   Rosenow, D T ^b   Nguyen, H T ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Chlorophyll meter; Drought tolerance; Senescence; Sorghum bicolor

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; DROUGHT TOLERANCE; INBRED LINE; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT LEAF; SENESCENCE; STAY GREEN TRAIT;

SORGHUM;

EID: 0033866985     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0523.2000.00506.x     Document Type: Article

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