Drought tolerance


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Drought tolerance

The capacity of a landscape plant to function well in drought conditions.
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Evaluation of yield correlation in the two environments and drought tolerance indices showed that (Table 4) there is positive and meaningful correlation between yield in two environments and indices MP, GMP and STI and also there is meaningful and negative correlation between yield under drought stress conditions and indices TOL And SSI, and finally there is meaningful and positive correlation between yield in normal irrigation conditions and indices TOL and SSI.
Evaluation of drought tolerance indices for screening bread wheat genotypes in end-season drought stress conditions
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Woolly leaves are an unmistakable sign of drought tolerance, just as they carry a caution statement: ``Keep us dry or we will rot.
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Therefore, study of different traits including relative yield of genotypes under stressed and non-stressed conditions is as a starting point for understanding the drought tolerance process and selection of genotypes to improve in dry regions [5].
Evaluation of drought tolerance of bread wheat genotypes after pollination stage by stress and sensitivity tolerance indices
Three-day Symposium Focuses on Improving Drought Tolerance
DuPont Hosts Meeting of Leading Plant Scientists to Improve World Agricultural Productivity
Philosophy aside, there are some wonderful local plants that everyone should have because of their color, form and drought tolerance.
GARDENING : CULTIVATING A KALEIDOSCOPE OF LIVING COLORS
But the science of genetic engineering is moving forward at an accelerating rate - more genes will be inserted in more foods to provide desired disease resistance, growth rates, color, drought tolerance, nutritional content, flavor, immunity to damage by pesticides and other characteristics.
The issue is right to choose
Topics include the stomatal regulation of plant water status, drought tolerance mechanisms and their molecular basis, the rice SUB1A transcription factor, root-associated stress response networks, genes and salinity tolerance, molecular and physiological mechanisms of plant tolerance to toxic metals, genomics, and quantitative trait loci and association mapping.
Plant Abiotic Stress, 2nd Edition
The plants' response to drought appeared to have similar results during pre- and post-anthesis, indicating that the symbiotic interaction between the virus, fungus, and plant had no impact on drought tolerance of the tomato plant.
Examination of the symbiotic interaction between selected virus, fungus, and tomato plant in combating drought and high temperature
crop protection, drip irrigation, drought tolerance, heat tolerance, integrated soil fertility management, no-till farming, nutritional use efficiency, organic agriculture, precision agriculture, sprinkler irrigation and water harvesting.
Sustainable agricultural growth
PPI), giving Bayer evaluation and commercial rights for PPI's Heat & Drought Tolerance Technology in wheat.
Bayer CropScience (BCS) and the American Museum of Agriculture
The more that is known about the genetic basis of Jatropha's key attributes such as drought tolerance, the more readily Jatropha improvement will progress," he said.
Drought resistant biofuel plant tested for potential large scale production
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