Can we breed for drought resistance?

Hurd, E.A. (1971) Can we breed for drought resistance? In: Drought Injury and Resistance in Crops. Crop Science Society of America, USA, pp. 77-83.

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Abstract

My answer to the above very pertinent question 1s a confident and optimistic "Yes". The production of cultivars having a large number of favorable genes for yield in my environment has been more talked about than worked on by plant breeders...

Item Type: Book Section
Author Affiliation: Breeder, Spring wheat
Subjects: Crop Improvement
Divisions: Sorghum
Depositing User: Ms K Syamalamba
Date Deposited: 05 Jul 2013 08:17
Last Modified: 05 Jul 2013 08:17
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/10903

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