Yield performance and responses studies of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes under drought stress

Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 117-123

  Yaqoob, Muhammad ^a   Hollington, Phill A ^b   Mahar, Ahmad B ^c   Gurmani, Zulfiqar A ^c  

^a Arid Zone Research Institute   (Pakistan)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Chickpea germ plasm screening; Drought stress; Plant recovery and grain yield; Plant wilting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874988197     PISSN: 2079052X     EISSN: 20790538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9755/ejfa.v25i2.10655     Document Type: Article

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