Traits of relevance to improve yield under terminal drought stress in chickpea (C. arietinum L.)

Field Crops Research

Volumn 145, Issue , 2013, Pages 88-95

  Kashiwagi, J ^a   Krishnamurthy, L ^b   Gaur, P M ^b   Upadhyaya, H D ^b   Varshney, R K ^b   Tobita, S ^c  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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

^c JAPAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chickpea; Crop growth rate; Drought response index; Rate of partitioning; Terminal drought; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CROP YIELD; DROUGHT STRESS; GENOTYPE; GERMPLASM; LEGUME; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRIORITIZATION; TOLERANCE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

CICER ARIETINUM;

EID: 84875599864     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2013.02.011     Document Type: Article

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