Evaluation of sugarcane genotypes for high water use efficiency and thermostability tolerance under imposed moisture stress at formative stage

Sugar Tech

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-75

  Sudhakar, P ^a   Latha, P ^a   Muneendra Babu, A ^a  

^a ACHARYA N G RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Formative stage; moisture stress; SPAD chlorophyll meter readings (SCMR); specific leaf area (SLA); thermostability; water use efficiency (WUE)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956097507     PISSN: 09721525     EISSN: 09740740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12355-010-0015-7     Document Type: Article

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