Shoot traits and their relevance in terminal drought tolerance of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.).

ABSTRACT: Chickpea is the second most important legume crop largely grown under semi-arid tropics where terminal drought is one of the major constraints for its productivity. A trait-based selection had been considered more beneficial in drought tolerance breeding to overcome the environmental influence on drought yields. Large number of traits had been suggested in literature, with less indication on their importance and priority, for use in such breeding programs resulting in poor utilization of critical traits in drought tolerance breeding. To identify the most critical traits that contribute to grain yield under drought, 12 chickpea genotypes, with well-defined drought response, were field evaluated by sampling at regular intervals during the cropping period. Large range of variation was observe

SUBMITTER: Ramamoorthy P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5035057 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature