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Penna,Julio C. Viglioni; Verhalen,Laval M.; Kirkham,M.B.; McNew,Ronald W.. |
The objectives of this study were to adapt a screening method previously used to assess seedling drought tolerance in cereals for use in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) and to identify tolerant accessions among a wide range of genotypes. Ninety genotypes were screened in seven growth chamber experiments. Fifteen-day-old seedlings were subjected to four 4-day drought cycles, and plant survival was evaluated after each cycle. Three cycles are probably the minimum required in cotton work. Significant differences (at the 0.05 level or lower) among entries were obtained in four of the seven experiments. A "confirmation test" with entries previously evaluated as "tolerant" (high survival) and "susceptible" (low survival) was run. A number of entries duplicated... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
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Ano: 1998 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47571998000400023 |