Yield potential evaluation in chickpea genotypes under late terminal drought in relation to the length of reproductive stage

Italian Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 111-117

  Samarah, Nezar H ^a   Haddad, Nasri ^b   Alqudah, Ahmad M ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Late drought; Seed dry weight; Seed filling duration; Seed moisture content

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; CROP YIELD; DROUGHT STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOWERING; GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GROWTH; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEGUME; MATURATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MOISTURE CONTENT; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEMIARID REGION; WEIGHT; YIELD RESPONSE;

NORTH AFRICA; WEST ASIA;

CICER ARIETINUM;

EID: 84857298471     PISSN: 11254718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/ija.2009.3.111     Document Type: Article

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