Variation in shoot and root characteristics and their association with drought tolerance in lentil landraces

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-97

  Sarker, A ^a   Erskine, W ^a   Singh, M ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Drought; Lens culinaris; Lentil; Root; Shoot; Variability

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT RESISTANCE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

LENS CULINARIS;

EID: 17444391305     PISSN: 09259864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10722-005-0289-x     Document Type: Article

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