?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F1102%2F&rft.title=Field+Screening+for+Drought+Tolerance+in+Crop+Plants+with+Emphasis+on+Rice+Proceedings+of+an+International+Workshop+on+Field+Screening+for+Drought+Tolerance+in+Rice+11-14+Dec+2000&rft.creator=Saxena%2C+N+P&rft.creator=O'Toole%2C+J+C&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=There+are+two+options+for+the+management+of+crops+in+water+l+imi+t+ing+environments%3A+the%0D%0Aagronomic+and+the+genetic+management.+Wi+t+h+the+genetic+management+option+droughttolerant%0D%0Avarieties%2C+once+developed%2C+would+be+a+low+economic+input+technology+that%0D%0Awoul+d+be+readily+acceptable+to+resource-poor%2C+rainfed%2C+small+land+holding+farmers.%0D%0ADevelopment+of+this+genetic+management+technology+requires+robust%2C+reproducible%2C%0D%0Asimple%2C+and+rapid+f+ield%2C+pot%2C+and+laboratory+screening+methods+for+identification+of%0D%0Atraits+of+drought+tolerance+in+germplasm%2C+and+incorporation+of+the+same+in+high-yielding%0D%0Avarieties+using+conventional+and+biotechnological+tools.+Scientists+working+in+various%0D%0Anational+and+international+crop+drought+research+programs+use+different+methods+of%0D%0Ascreening+appropriate+to+the+crops+on+which+they+work%2C+and+keeping+in+view+their+target%0D%0Adrought+environment.+This+workshop+focused+on+the+methods+used+in+different+cereal%0D%0A(including+rice)+and+legume+crops.+The+rationale+for+the+use+of+various+methods+and%0D%0Atheir+advantages+and+disadvantages+(if+any)+were+discussed.+Papers+contributed+by+the%0D%0Aparticipants%2C+either+as+ful+l+papers+or+only+abstracts+of+their+paper%2C+are+included+in+this%0D%0Abook.+An+overview+and+synthesis+of+the+workshop+and+crop+drought+research+in+general%0D%0Ais+presented+in+the+final+chapter+of+the+book.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F1102%2F1%2FRA_00373.pdf&rft.identifier=++Saxena%2C+N+P+and+O'Toole%2C+J+C++(2002)+Field+Screening+for+Drought+Tolerance+in+Crop+Plants+with+Emphasis+on+Rice+Proceedings+of+an+International+Workshop+on+Field+Screening+for+Drought+Tolerance+in+Rice+11-14+Dec+2000.++Other.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics.+++++