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Effect of water deficit on yield and protein content in pearl millet grains

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.2740361206
 
Title Effect of water deficit on yield and protein content in pearl millet grains
 
Creator Mahalakshmi, V
Subramanian, V
Bidinger, F R
Jambunathan, R
 
Subject Millets
 
Description Seventy-two pearl millet genotypes were water stressed at panicle development and grain filling stages. Neither grain yields, yield components, protein percent nor total protein per unit area were affected by water deficit during panicle development but protein content per grain was increased. When plants were water stressed during grain filling, grain yield, grains per unit area and 1000 grain weight were reduced, but grain protein percentage increased. Total protein per unit area was reduced primarily due to lower grain yield. The protein content per grain was unaffected by stress, suggesting that the apparent increase in protein percentage is due to reduced carbohydrate accumulation under stress.
 
Publisher John Wiley & Sons
 
Date 1985
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/2827/1/Effect_of_water_deficit_on_yield_and_protein_content_in_pearl_millet_grains.pdf
Mahalakshmi, V and Subramanian, V and Bidinger, F R and Jambunathan, R (1985) Effect of water deficit on yield and protein content in pearl millet grains. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 36 (12). pp. 1237-1242. ISSN 0022-5142