Opportunities for improving crop water productivity through genetic enhancement of dryland crops

Rainfed Agriculture: Unlocking the Potential

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 133-163

  Gowda, C L L ^a   Serraj, R ^b   Srinivasan, G ^c   Chauhan, Y S ^d   Reddy, B V S ^a   Rai, K N ^a   Nigam, S N ^a   Gaur, P M ^a   Reddy, L J ^a   Dwivedi, S L ^a   Upadhyaya, H D ^a   Zaidi, P H ^e   Rai, H K ^e   Maniselvan, P ^e   Follkerstma, R ^f   Nalini, M ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^c University of Californiae   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^e CIMMYT's Asia Regional Office   (India)

^f De Ruiter Seeds   (Netherlands)

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