TY  - JOUR
AV  - restricted
A1  - Mahalakshmi, V
A1  - Subramanian, V
A1  - Bidinger, F R
A1  - Jambunathan, R
TI  - Effect of water deficit on yield and protein content in pearl millet grains
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.2740361206
JF  - Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
SN  - 0022-5142
PB  - John Wiley & Sons
N1  - The author thank  C.D. Ramaiah and K. A. R. Zafar for their technical assistance
N2  - Seventy-two pearl millet genotypes were water stressed at panicle development and grain filling stages. Neither grain yields, yield components, protein percent nor total protein per unit area were affected by water deficit during panicle development but protein content per grain was increased. When plants were water stressed during grain filling, grain yield, grains per unit area and 1000 grain weight were reduced, but grain protein percentage increased. Total protein per unit area was reduced primarily due to lower grain yield. The protein content per grain was unaffected by stress, suggesting that the apparent increase in protein percentage is due to reduced carbohydrate accumulation under stress.
KW  - Water deficit
KW  -  pearl millet
KW  -  grain yield
KW  -  grain protein
Y1  - 1985///
SP  - 1237
ID  - icrisat2827
EP  - 1242
VL  - 36
IS  - 12
ER  -