Alternate wetting and drying irrigation for rice in Bangladesh: Is it sustainable and has plant breeding something to offer?

Food and Energy Security

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 120-129

  Price, Adam H ^a   Norton, Gareth J ^a   Salt, David E ^a   Ebenhoeh, Oliver ^a   Meharg, Andrew A ^b   Meharg, Caroline ^b   Islam, M Rafiqul ^c   Sarma, Ramen N ^d   Dasgupta, Tapash ^e   Ismail, Abdelbagi M ^f   McNally, Kenneth L ^f   Zhang, Hao ^g   Dodd, Ian C ^g   Davies, William J ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^d ASSAM AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^f INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^g LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abscisic acid; Alternate wetting and drying; Arsenic; Cadmium; Genome wide association studies; Rice; Roots

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888020499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20483694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/fes3.29     Document Type: Review

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