Drought is a predominant cause of low yields worldwide. There is an urgent need for more
water efficient cropping systems facing large water consumption of irrigated agriculture and …

Producing more food per unit of water has never been as important as it is at present, and
the demand for water by economic sectors other than agriculture will necessarily put a great …

Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.), a self-pollinated legume is an important crop cultivated in
24 million ha world over for extraction of edible oil and food uses. The kernels are rich in oil …

Water deficit is the major abiotic constraint affecting crop productivity in peanut (Arachis
hypogaea L.). Water use efficiency under drought conditions is thought to be one of the most …

Chlorophyll stability during drought might be a promising criterion for selection for drought
resistance in peanut. The study describes two field trials conducted at Khon Kaen University …

Drought is the major abiotic constraint affecting peanut productivity and quality worldwide.
There is a pressing need to improve the water use efficiency (WUE) of rain-fed peanut …

Increasing atmospheric temperatures will be detrimental for growth functions of various crop
plants, more so in mungbean, for its increasing demand during spring/summer season in …

Chickpea is the second most important legume crop largely grown under semi-arid tropics
where terminal drought is one of the major constraints for its productivity. A trait-based …

Inheritance of traits is important for developing effective breeding schemes for improving
desired traits. The aims of this study were to estimate the heritabilities (h2) of drought …

Peanut is an important oilseed and food legume cultivated as a rain-fed crop in semi-arid
tropics. Drought and high salinity are the major abiotic stresses limiting the peanut …