Morpho-physiological diversity and its implications for improving drought tolerance in grain sorghum at different growth stages

Australian Journal of Crop Science

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 311-320

  Ali, Muhammad Amjad ^a,f   Jabran, K ^b   Awan, S I ^c   Abbas, A ^a   Ehsanullah, ^d   Zulkiffal, M ^b   Acet, Tuba ^e   Farooq, J ^b   Rehman, A ^a  

^a AYUB AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Pakistan)

^b AARI ^*  (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^e KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Diversity; Drought tolerance; Morpho physiological traits; Post anthesis; Sorghum

Indexed keywords

SORGHUM BICOLOR BICOLOR;

EID: 79955958025     PISSN: 18352693     EISSN: 18352707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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