Seedling survivability as a selection criterion for drought tolerance in wheat

Plant Breeding

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 392-394

  Tomar, S M S ^a   Kumar, G T ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Drought tolerance; Genetic analysis; Greenhouse test; Recovery response; Triticum aestivum

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 4043121046     PISSN: 01799541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2004.00993.x     Document Type: Article

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