Phenotyping of traits imparting drought tolerance in lentil

Crop and Pasture Science

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 547-554

  Kumar, J ^a   Basu, P S ^a   Srivastava, E ^a   Chaturvedi, S K ^a   Nadarajan, N ^a   Kumar, S ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PULSES RESEARCH   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN THE DRY AREAS ICARDA   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

lentil; morphological diversity; rainfed; root traits

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CROP YIELD; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; GENETIC VARIATION; HARVESTING; HIGH YIELDING VARIETY; LEGUME; MOISTURE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT BREEDING; RAINFED AGRICULTURE; ROOT SYSTEM; TOLERANCE; VIGOR; WATER STRESS;

SOUTH ASIA;

LENS CULINARIS;

EID: 84866715940     PISSN: 18360947     EISSN: 18365795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/CP12168     Document Type: Article

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