Drought Responses of Two Bambara Groundnut (Vigna subterranea L. Verdc.) Landraces Collected from a Dry and a Humid Area of Africa

Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science

Volumn 196, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 412-422

  Jorgensen S T ^a   Liu, F ^a   Ouedraogo M ^b   Ntundu, W H ^c   Sarrazin, J ^a,d   Christiansen, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUT DE L ENVIRONNEMENT ET DE RECHERCHES AGRICOLES INERA   (Burkina Faso)

^c TPRI   (Tanzania)

^d Ecole Superieure d'Agriculture   (France)

Author keywords

Drought stress; Leaf ABA; Leaf area; Legume; Osmotic regulation; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; ADAPTATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; GROUNDNUT; HARVESTING; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; OSMOSIS; PHENOLOGY; SOIL WATER; SURVIVAL; TRANSPIRATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER USE;

AFRICA;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BAMBARA; VIGNA SUBTERRANEA;

EID: 78349242528     PISSN: 09312250     EISSN: 1439037X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-037X.2010.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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