Does silicon and irrigation have impact on drought tolerance mechanism of sorghum?

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1808-1812

  Ahmed, Mukhtar ^a   Fayyaz ul Hassen, ^a   Khurshid, Yasir ^a  

^a PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Drought; Growth dynamics; Irrigation; Leaf water potential; Synergistic

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC STRESS; CROP LOWER LIMITS; DROUGHT TOLERANCES; GROWTH DYNAMICS; IRRIGATION EFFECTS; IRRIGATION WATERS; LEAF WATER POTENTIAL; NET PHOTOSYNTHETIC RATE; POTASSIUM SILICATES; SHOOT TO ROOT RATIOS; SILICIC ACIDS; SYNERGISTIC; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; UPPER LIMITS;

AGRONOMY; CROPS; DROUGHT; DYNAMICS; IRRIGATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); POTASSIUM; SILICATES; TRANSPIRATION; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER SUPPLY;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

ABSORPTION; CULTIVAR; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POTASSIUM; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SILICATE; SILICIC ACID; SILICON; SORGHUM; TOLERANCE; TRANSPIRATION;

EID: 80052287141     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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