Comparative studies on morphological and biochemical characters of chickpea genotypes under chilling stress

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 189-194

  Chohan, Abha ^a   Raina, S K ^b  

^a PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SHER E KASHMIR UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY OF KASHMIR   (India)

Author keywords

Abiotic stresses; Chickpea; Chilling stress; Genotypes; Low temperature

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROLYTE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENOTYPE; LEGUME; LOW TEMPERATURE; POLLEN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLUBILITY; SUGAR; TOLERANCE;

CICER ARIETINUM;

EID: 79956331178     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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