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Selection and screening of drought tolerant high yielding chickpea genotypes based on physio-biochemical indices and multi-environmental yield trials.
BMC plant biology - 17 Apr 2020
Shah Tariq Mahmud, Imran Muhammad, Atta Babar Manzoor, Ashraf M Yasin, Hameed Amjad, Waqar Irem, Shafiq M, Hussain Khalid, Naveed M, Aslam M, Maqbool Muhammad Amir
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BACKGROUND: Chickpea is one of the major legume crops being cultivated in the arid and semi-arid regions of Pakistan. It is mainly grown on the marginal areas where, terminal drought stress is one of the serious threats to its productivity. For defining the appropriate selection criteria for screening drought tolerant chickpea genotypes, present study was conducted. Distinct chickpea germplasm was collected from...
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