Conserved water use improves the yield performance of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) under drought

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 179, Issue , 2017, Pages 236-245

  He, Jin ^a   Du, Yan Lei ^a   Wang, Tao ^a   Turner, Neil C ^b   Yang, Ru Ping ^c   Jin, Yi ^a   Xi, Yue ^a   Zhang, Cong ^a   Cui, Ting ^a   Fang, Xiang Wen ^a   Li, Feng Min ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Gansu Academy of Agricultural Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Drought adaptation; Leaf gas exchange; Root length density; Soybean landraces; Terminal water stress; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; DROUGHT; EFFICIENCY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONTENT;

LANDRACES; LEAF GAS EXCHANGE; ROOT LENGTH DENSITY; WATER STRESS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

NITROGEN FIXATION;

ADAPTATION; CROP PERFORMANCE; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; DROUGHT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD CAPACITY; GAS EXCHANGE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; ROOT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SOYBEAN; WATER STRESS; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84978863713     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: 18732283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2016.07.008     Document Type: Article

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