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Molecular breeding for drought tolerance: Progresses, issues, orientations

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Title Molecular breeding for drought tolerance: Progresses, issues, orientations
 
Creator Vadez, V
Hash, C T
Bidinger, F R
et al, .
 
Subject Genetics and Genomics
Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
 
Description Water deficit, often referred to as “drought”, is the most prominent abiotic stress,
severely limiting crop yields and opportunities to improve livelihoods of poor farmers in
the semi-arid tropics. For example, it is estimated that annually, drought causes US$ 520
M losses in groundnut alone (Subbarao et al., 1995). One of the major research objectives
at ICRISAT is to exploit modern science techniques to develop crops that are more
resilient to low and erratic rainfall patterns.
Conventional breeding of early maturing varieties, capable to escape drought and
mature before water deficit becomes too severe, has been a common approach in most
mandate crops of ICRISAT. However, substantial variation for drought tolerance, beyond
earliness has not been identified nor utilized extensively. However, conventional, yieldbased
selection for drought tolerance........
 
Publisher International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics
 
Date 2007
 
Type Monograph
NonPeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/5835/1/Molecula_breeding_2007.pdf
Vadez, V and Hash, C T and Bidinger, F R and et al, . (2007) Molecular breeding for drought tolerance: Progresses, issues, orientations. Documentation. International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics , Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India. (Unpublished)