Screening of tropical inbred lines for drought tolerance based on secondary traits in maize (Zea mays L.)

In the present study, 63 tropical maize inbred lines were screened for four drought related traits viz., relative water content, root volume, root length and anthesis silking interval at three different stages of induced stress at vegetative, pre anthesis and at anthesis stages. Where earliness fo...

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Main Authors: P. Suthamathi and, G. Nallathambi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Indian Society of Plant Breeders 2018-03-01
Series:Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding
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Online Access:http://ejplantbreeding.org/index.php/EJPB/article/view/2335