Soman, P. and Peacock, J.M. (1985) A Laboratory Technique to Screen Seedling Emergence of Sorghum and Pearl Millet at High Soil Temperature. Experimental Agriculture, 21 (4). pp. 335-341.
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Abstract
Apparatus was built to screen sorghum and pearl millet for seedling emergence through a hot soil surface. Seeds were sown in soil in long clay pots arranged in a steel water tank so that the top 7 cm of the pots was above the water level. The soil in the pots was heated with infra-red lamps fitted to a frame above the tank. By adjusting the height of the frame the temperature of the soil could be changed. The system allows emerging plumules to be subjected to high soil temperatures (up to 50°C) but without water stress. Both crops exhibited genotypic differences in emergence.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Author Affiliation: | ICRISAT(Patancheru |
| Subjects: | Plant Production Crop Improvement |
| Divisions: | Millet Sorghum |
| Depositing User: | Mr Siva Shankar |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Dec 2011 10:31 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Mar 2012 03:31 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0014479700013168 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/2823 |
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