Evaluation of the usefulness of senescing agent potassium iodide for assessing inter-cultivar variation for drought tolerance in pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R.Br]

Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1337-1343

  Ashraf, M ^a   Arfan, M ^a   Ahmad, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP IMPROVEMENT; CULTIVAR; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; MILLET; PLANT BREEDING;

PENNISETUM; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM;

EID: 1642491769     PISSN: 08161089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/EA02163     Document Type: Article

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