Article
Application of biotechnology in breeding lentil for resistance to biotic and abiotic stress
2006-01-01
Abstract excerpt
Lentil is a self-pollinating diploid (2n = 14 chromosomes) annual cool season legume crop that is produced throughout the world and is highly valued as a high protein food. Several abiotic stresses are important to lentil yields world wide and include drought, heat, salt susceptibility and iron deficiency. The biotic stresses are numerous and include: susceptibility to Ascochyta blight, caused by Ascochyta lentis;...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 93fd7a8e-4598-5347-a79e-a1bcfd12c8f1
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10681-006-7108-0
