Effect of a short and severe intermittent drought on transpiration, seed yield, yield components, and harvest index in four landraces of bambara groundnut

International Journal of Plant Production

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-36

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TPRI   (Tanzania)

^c National Institute of Environmental and Agricultural Research (INERA)   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Drought stress; Harvest index; Landraces; Seed yield; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; BAMBARA; VIGNA SUBTERRANEA;

EID: 78649434427     PISSN: 17356814     EISSN: 17358043     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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