Efficient and rapid identification of tropical maize inbred lines tolerant to waterlogging stress.

ABSTRACT: Waterlogging (WL) is an important abiotic stress, severely affecting plant growth and development, inhibiting root respiration and degradation of chlorophyll, senescence of leaves and chlorosis leading to substantial yield loss. These intensities of yield losses generally depend on the duration of WL and crop growth stages. Maize being a dry land crop is particularly sensitive to WL. Systematic screening techniques to identify parameters linked with tolerance are not well established which serves as a major bottleneck in the identification of promising genotypes. In this study, 120 maize inbred lines belonging to diverse genetic backgrounds were evaluated for WL tolerance both at pre-emergence as well as the seedling stage. Results based on percentage germination at pre-emergence and perce

SUBMITTER: Thapa S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11750952 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature