Large-scale screening for maize drought resistance using multiple selection criteria evaluated under water-stressed and well-watered environments

Field Crops Research

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-45

  Lu, Yanli ^a,b   Hao, Zhuanfang ^c   Xie, Chuanxiao ^c   Crossa, Jose ^a   Araus, Jose Luis ^a   Gao, Shibin ^b   Vivek, Bindiganavile S ^d   Magorokosho, Cosmos ^e   Mugo, Stephen ^f   Makumbi, Dan ^f   Taba, Suketoshi ^a   Pan, Guangtang ^b   Li, Xinhai ^c   Rong, Tingzhao ^b   Zhang, Shihuang ^c   Xu, Yunbi ^a,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^b SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^d CIMMYT Int ^*  (India)

^e CIMMYT   (Zimbabwe)

^f CIMMYT   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Drought resistance; Germplasm evaluation; Maize; Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI); Selection criteria

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CHLOROPHYLL; CROP YIELD; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERMPLASM; HERITABILITY; INBREEDING; MAIZE; NDVI; PHYTOMASS; PLANT BREEDING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENESCENCE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER STRESS;

CHINA;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79961129195     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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