Evaluation of landrace topcross hybrids of pearl millet for arid zone environments
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Under conditions of high vapor pressure deficit (VPD) and soil drying, restricting transpiration is an important avenue to gain efficiency in water use. The question we raise in this article is whether breeding for agro-ecological environments that differ for the rainfall have selected for traits that control plant water use. These are measured in pearl millet materials bred for zones varying i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Euphytica
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0014-2336,1573-5060
DOI: 10.1007/bf00022166