Gas exchange variability and water use efficiency of thirty landraces of rice still under cultivation in Kumaun region of the Indian Central Himalaya

Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 303-310

  Agnihotri, R K ^a   Palni, L M S ^a   Chandra, Suman ^b   Joshi, S C ^c  

^a G B PANT INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT   (India)

^b DR B R AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Landraces; Net photosynthetic rate; Oryza sativa; Rainfed mountain areas; Water stress; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 77954080046     PISSN: 09715894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12298-009-0034-6     Document Type: Article

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