Variation in root traits of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) grown under terminal drought

Field Crops Research

Volumn 88, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 115-127

  Serraj, R ^a   Krishnamurthy, L ^a   Kashiwagi, J ^a   Kumar, J ^a   Chandra, S ^a   Crouch, J H ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

Author keywords

Chickpea; Cicer arietinum L.; Recombinant inbred lines; Root dry weight; Root length density; Terminal drought stress

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; DROUGHT; HARVESTERS; PLANTS (BOTANY); STRESS ANALYSIS;

DROUGHT STRESS; ROOT TRAITS;

CROPS;

DROUGHT STRESS; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH; LEGUME; ROOT SYSTEM; YIELD;

CICER; CICER ARIETINUM;

EID: 2442495102     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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