?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F364%2F&rft.title=Field+Screening+for+Drought+Tolerance+in+Crop+Plants+with+Emphasis+on+Rice&rft.creator=Saxena%2C+N+P&rft.creator=John%2C+O+C&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=There+are+two+options+for+the+management+of+crops+in+water+limiting+environments%3A+the+agronomic+and+the+genetic+management.+With+the+genetic+management+option+droughttolerant+varieties%2C+once+developed%2C+would+be+a+low+economic+input+technology+that+would+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+simple%2C+and+rapid+field%2C+pot%2C+and+laboratory+screening+methods+for+identification+of+traits+of+drought+tolerance+in+germplasm%2C+and+incorporation+of+the+same+in+high-yielding+varieties+using+conventional+and+biotechnological+tools.+Scientists+working+in+various%0D%0Anational+and+international+crop+drought+research+programs+use+different+methods+of+screening+appropriate+to+the+crops+on+which+they+work%2C+and+keeping+in+view+their+target+drought+environment.+This+workshop+focused+on+the+methods+used+in+different+cereal+(including+rice)+and+legume+crops.+The+rationale+for+the+use+of+various+methods+and+their+advantages+and+disadvantages+(if+any)+were+discussed.+Papers+contributed+by+the+participants%2C+either+as+full+papers+or+only+abstracts+of+their+paper%2C+are+included+in+this+book.+An+overview+and+synthesis+of+the+workshop+and+crop+drought+research+in+general+is+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%2F364%2F1%2FCO_0022.pdf&rft.identifier=++Saxena%2C+N+P+and+John%2C+O+C++(2002)+Field+Screening+for+Drought+Tolerance+in+Crop+Plants+with+Emphasis+on+Rice.++Manual.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics.+++++