Changes in timing of water uptake and phenology favours yield gain in terminal water stressed chickpea AtDREB1A transgenics

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 84-94

  Anbazhagan, Krithika ^a,b   Bhatnagar Mathur, Pooja ^a   Sharma, Kiran K ^a   Baddam, Rekha ^a   Kishor, P B Kavi ^b   Vadez, Vincent ^a  

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

^b OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

conservative water use; flower abortion; lysimeter; pod abortion; terminal drought stress.

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT STRESS; FLOWERING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; LEGUME; PHENOLOGY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; WATER STRESS; WATER UPTAKE; WATER USE; YIELD RESPONSE;

CICER ARIETINUM;

EID: 84916887034     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP14115     Document Type: Article

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