Variation in south Asian wheat germplasm for seedling drought tolerance traits

Plant Genetic Resources: Characterisation and Utilisation

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 88-93

  Rosyara, Umesh R ^a,b   Ghimire, Amrit A ^a   Subedi, Sushil ^a   Sharma, Ram C ^c  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Nepal   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Coleoptile length; Gibberellic acid response; Seedling vigour

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 68349126801     PISSN: 14792621     EISSN: 1479263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1479262108994247     Document Type: Article

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