Two greenhouse experiments were carried out at the Institute of Biological Production Systems, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany during 2008/2009 and 2009/2010 growing seasons to study the influence of the osmotic adjustment (OA) capacity, relative water content (RWC) and specific leaf area (SLA) on tolerance to drought in 22 breeding lines, two parents and tolerant cultivar (Sahel 1) of bread wheat ... إقراء المزيد

This study was carried out during the period from 2004/05 to 2006/07 growing seasons, at Faculty of Agriculture, Sohag University, Egypt to estimate observed and expected response to selection and other genetic parameters and calculate drought susceptibility index. Results revealed highly significant differences between F3 and F4 families under normal and drought conditions for days to heading, spike length, no. ... إقراء المزيد