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Impact of water deficit stress in maize: Phenology and yield components.
Scientific reports - 19 Feb 2020
Sah R P, Chakraborty M, Prasad K, Pandit M, Tudu V K, Chakravarty M K, Narayan S C, Rana M, Moharana D
Abstract excerpt
Fifteen million farmers in India engaged in Maize cultivation. India would require 45 MMT of Maize by 2022. But, only 15% of cultivated area of maize is under irrigation and water shortage has been a challenge for sustainability of maize production. Water deficit stress (WDS) during pre-flowering and grain filling stages massively affects the plant performance due to imprecise traits function. Thus, the effect of...
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