Evaluation of indices for identification of pearl millet cultivars adapted to stress and non-stress conditions

Field Crops Research

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 201-208

  Yadav, O P ^a   Bhatnagar, S K ^b  

^a CENTRAL ARID ZONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION   (India)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Drought stress; Pennisetum glaucum; Selection indices; Stress environments

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION;

PEARL MILLET CULTIVATORS;

CROPS;

CULTIVAR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MILLET;

PENNISETUM GLAUCUM;

EID: 0035337991     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(01)00138-1     Document Type: Article

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