Effect of Recurrent Selection on Drought Tolerance and Related Morpho-Physiological Traits in Bread Wheat.

Drought is one of the major abiotic stresses affecting wheat yield. A recurrent selection program was conducted to improve the drought tolerance and yield of bread wheat using drought tolerant advanced breeding lines from a drought tolerant x susceptible cross (HI 1500 x HUW 510). The parental lines...

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Main Authors: Ramya P, Gyanendra Pratap Singh, Neelu Jain, Pradeep Kumar Singh, Manoj Kumar Pandey, Kavita Sharma, Arun Kumar, Harikrishna, Kumble Vinod Prabhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4907515?pdf=render