drought tolerance
Screening Drought Tolerance Criteria in Maize
... of drought tolerance has been defined as a desirable breeding objective in crops such as maize (Clark et ...1992). Drought tolerance in native plant species is often defined as survival, but ...
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CHARACTERIZATION OF ELITE MAIZE INBRED LINES FOR DROUGHT TOLERANCE USING SIMPLE SEQUENCE REPEATS MARKERS
... maize drought tolerance, but these have not been validated with the elite modern drought tolerant inbred lines, such as those found at the Cereal Research Program, NaCRRI, Uganda (Sserumaga et ...to ...
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Drought tolerance selection of sugarbeet hybrids
... of drought tolerance in agricul- tural crops (Wang et ...sugarbeet, drought tolerance research has been limited because the extent of the problem of water stress was not fully comprehended; ...
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Evaluation of Drought Tolerance in Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) Cultivars Using Drought Tolerance Indices
... Principal component analysis was performed to provide the combined indicators for selection of the cultivars suitable for both stress and non-stress environments. The first component (PC1) explained 75.3% of total ...
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ROLE OF SECONDARY TRAITS IN IMPROVING THE DROUGHT TOLERANCE DURING FLOWERING STAGE IN RICE
... where drought, often decreases ...however, drought around flowering stage is a recurrent phenomena in rainfed ...the drought tolerance in ...for drought tolerance in rice, ...
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Breeding for Drought Tolerance in Maize (Zea mays L )
... of drought-tolerant lines becomes increasingly more ...improve drought tolerance. Conventional breeding has improved the drought tolerance of temperate maize hy- brids and the use of ...
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valuation of Drought Tolerance Indices and Yield Stability of Wheat Cultivars to Drought Stress in Different Growth Stage
... to drought stress, a field xperiment was conducted in 2013–2015 years at the the Agriculture and environmental research center of Ardabili, located at Moghan, ...five Drought stresses (no irrigation) ...
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Genetic Variability for Flowering Time, Maturity and Drought Tolerance in Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.]: A Review Paper
... of drought tolerance is more effective in keeping the plants alive for a longer time and ensures better chances of recovery than type 1 when the drought spell ...Both drought tolerant lines ...
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SHORT COMMUNICATION SCREENING OF GUAR GENOTYPES FOR DROUGHT TOLERANCE
... The peroxidase activity was measured using guaiacol as substrate (Sadasivam and Manickam 1997) and expressed as enzyme activity units per litre. Soil moisture data shows that after stress imposition mean soil moisture ...
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Assessment of drought tolerance in land races of bread wheat based on resistance/ tolerance indices
... to drought stress, an experiment was conducted in a randomized complete block design with three replications under two irrigated and water stres conditions during 2010-2011 cropping ...Sixteen drought ...
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PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS GOVERNING DROUGHT TOLERANCE IN MAIZE
... Lines were having variability in yield potential. Under different stress condition, all the genotypes showed reduction in yield. More than 80% reduction was reported in highly susceptible lines while in relatively ...
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Drought Tolerance Mechanisms in Cultivated and Wild Soybean Species.
... future, drought tolerant soybean varieties are needed to help mitigate this ...with drought tolerant varieties by using exotic soybean germplasm to increase genetic ...for drought traits. The present ...
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Genetics and Breeding for Drought Tolerance in Food Legumes
... of drought stress and using rain-shelters are expensive and not practical for screening a large number of breeding ...for drought tolerance in the field off season using controlled watering is often ...
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Transformation of Tropical Maize with the NPK1 Gene for Drought Tolerance
... Abstract The objective of this study was to determine amenability of different tropical maize genotypes to Agrobacterium-mediated transformation with the NPK1 gene for conference of drought tolerance. To ...
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The olive tree: a paradigm for drought tolerance in Mediterranean climates
... The most relevant mechanisms are the regulation of stomata closure and transpiration (Moreno et al., 1996; Nogu´es, and Baker, 2000), the regulation of gas exchange (Moriana et al., 2002), a very developed osmotic ...
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EVALUATION OF RICE HYBRIDS AND THEIR PARENTS FOR DROUGHT TOLERANCE
... Genotypes such as Nootripathu, Norungan, PMK2, Norungan x PMK2, and Nootripathu x PMK2 had recorded high germination percentage, shoot and root length and seedling dry weight under reduced water potential indicating ...
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Genetic Basis of Drought Resistance at Reproductive Stage in Rice: Separation of Drought Tolerance From Drought Avoidance
... Drought tolerance (DT) and drought avoidance (DA) are two major mechanisms in drought resistance of higher ...of drought stress were applied to individual plants with unstressed plants ...
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Lime-induced chlorosis and drought tolerance of grapevine rootstocks
... The rootstock connects the gra ed plants with soil and infl uences mutual relationships. The root system of the rootstock enables the uptake of water and nutrients from soil. The rootstock also shows a marked eff ect on ...
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Selection of sorghum for drought tolerance in a semiarid environment
... In Brazil, sorghum has been grown as a succession crop after soybean, during the autumn-winter season, when the risk of crop failure due to drought stress is well-known. The winter season is characterized by ...
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RELATIONSHIP OF DROUGHT TOLERANCE TRAITS WITH AFLATOXIN CONTAMINATION IN GROUNDNUT
... simulated drought treatments ...pre-harvest drought conditions are highly congenial for invasion of Aspergillus flavus and production of AFB1 (Aflatoxin B1) in ...field tolerance, the relationship is ...
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