Delineating the role of plant stature towards heat stress tolerance in field pea (Pisum sativum L.).

ABSTRACT: Terminal heat stress severely affects field pea production in tropical climates. Identifying and characterizing marker-trait(s) remain vital for breeding heat-tolerant cultivars of field pea. Field pea genotypes are highly variable for plant stature; however, the significance of plant stature for yield stability under high-temperature conditions is not yet well understood. The study aimed to investigate the sensitivity and significance of plant stature toward yield sustainability of field pea under high-temperature environments. A panel of 150 diverse genotypes with variable plant statures [dwarf (<50 cm), semi-dwarf (50-80 cm), medium-tall (80-150 cm)] were grown under late sowing-induced high-temperature environments for two consecutive years (2017-2019). During the first year of the exp

SUBMITTER: Parihar AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10031479 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature