Flower numbers, pod production, pollen viability, and pistil function are reduced and flower and pod abortion increased in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) under terminal drought

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 335-345

  Fang, Xiangwen ^a,b   Turner, Neil C ^a   Yan, Guijun ^a   Li, Fengmin ^b   Siddique, Kadambot H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Flower production; Pistil; Pod set; Pollen; Seed yield; Stigma; Style

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CHICKPEA; DROUGHT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; FLOWER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLEN;

CELL SURVIVAL; CICER; DROUGHTS; FLOWERS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT TRANSPIRATION; POLLEN;

CICER ARIETINUM;

EID: 74249096167     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp307     Document Type: Article

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