Assessing drought tolerance of snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) from genotypic differences in leaf water relations, shoot growth and photosynthetic parameters

Plant Production Science

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-35

  Omae, Hide ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^b   Kashiwaba, Kouichi ^a   Shono, Mariko ^a  

^a Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences   (Japan)

^b CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Drought tolerance; Leaf water status; Photosynthetic parameters; Shoot growth; Snap bean

Indexed keywords

PHASEOLUS VULGARIS;

EID: 33846498936     PISSN: 1343943X     EISSN: 13491008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/pps.10.28     Document Type: Article

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