Root anatomical traits and their possible contribution to drought tolerance in grain legumes

Plant Production Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-8

  Purushothaman, Ramamoorthy ^a   Zaman Allah, Mainassara ^a   Mallikarjuna, Nalini ^a   Pannirselvam, Rajaram ^b   Krishnamurthy, Lakshmanan ^a   Laxmipathi Gowda, Cholenahalli Lakkegowda ^a  

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

^b ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cortex; Hydraulic conductance; Parenchyma; Vascular tissue; Xylem vessels

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CAJANUS CAJAN; CICER ARIETINUM; GLYCINE MAX; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; VIGNA UNGUICULATA;

EID: 84871624446     PISSN: 1343943X     EISSN: 13491008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/pps.16.1     Document Type: Article

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