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Biblioteca(s): | Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura.
Data corrente: | 17/10/2008
Data da última atualização: | 09/04/2009
Autoria: | ALVES, A.; DITA, M.; SOUZA, A.; SILVA, A. F.; FREGENE, M.; CEBALLOS, H.; SETTER, T.; DUQUE, L.; FERGUSON, M.; MUTEGI, R.; MKAMILO, G.; ADJEBENG-DANQUAH, J.; KAMAU, J.
Afiliação: | Alfredo Augusto Cunha Alves, CNPMF; Miguel Angel Dita, CNPMF; Antônio da Silva Souza, CNPMF; Alineaurea Florentino Silva, CPATSA; Martin Fregene, CIAT; Hernán Ceballos, CIAT; Tim Setter, Cornell University; Luis Duque, Cornell University; Morag Ferguson, IITA; Rosemary Mutegi, IITA; Geoffrey Mkamilo, ARI-Kenya; Joseph Adjebeng-Danquah, SARI-Ghana; Joseph Kamau, KARI-Kenya.
Título: | Identifying the physiological and genetic traits that make cassava one of the most drought tolerant crops.
Ano de publicação: | 2008
Fonte/Imprenta: | In: CGIAR GENERATION CHALLENGE PROGRAMME ANNUAL RESEARCH MEETING, 2008, Bangkok, Thailand. Project abstracts... Mexico, DF: Generation Challenge Programme, 2008. p. 30-31.
Idioma: | Inglês
Conteúdo: | Drought tolerance contrasting cassava varieties have been screened and evaluated in four representative semi-arid environments in Brazil, Colombia, Tanzania and Ghana. Several trials have tested some hypotheses to characterise genotypes for drought tolerance traits, including: 1) genotypes that accumulated substantial stem starch reserves may be more able to sustain meristems and other respiring organs during a prolonged stress; 2) genotypes that maintain deep fibrous root growth would perform better in drought; 3) genotypes that maintain partitioning to storage roots and have high harvest index yield better in drought; and 4) genotypes that are more effective in closing stomata might be more able to maintain water status and retain leaves.
Categoria do assunto: | --
Registro original: | Embrapa Mandioca e Fruticultura (CNPMF)