Prospects for utilising plant-adaptive mechanisms to improve wheat and other crops in drought- and salinity-prone environments

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 239-259

  Reynolds, M P ^a   Mujeeb Kazi, A ^a   Sawkins, M ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Alternate furrow irrigation; Crop breeding; Drought; Hydraulic lift; Salinity; Synthetic hexaploid wheat; VAM

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; PLANT BREEDING; SALINITY;

EID: 16444367489     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2005.040058.x     Document Type: Article

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