Further evidence that a terminal drought tolerance QTL of pearl millet is associated with reduced salt uptake

Environmental and Experimental Botany

Volumn 102, Issue , 2014, Pages 48-57

  Sharma, Parbodh C ^a   Singh, Dhananjay ^a   Sehgal, Deepmala ^b,d   Singh, Gurbachan ^a,e   Hash, C T ^c   Yadav, Rattan S ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOIL SALINITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ICRISAT Sahelian Center   (Niger)

^d INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^e Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board of ICAR   (India)

Author keywords

Drought and salt tolerance; Ionic accumulation; Ionic compartmentation; Pearl millet; QTL NILs; Terminal drought tolerance

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; AMINO ACID; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; DROUGHT STRESS; FLOWERING; GROWTH RATE; HYBRID; LEAF; MILLET; SALT;

EID: 84897827426     PISSN: 00988472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envexpbot.2014.01.013     Document Type: Article

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