relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/3649/
title: Assessment of Genotypic Differences in Sorghum Root Characteristics  
creator: Seetharama, N
creator: Flower, D J
creator: Jayachandran, R
creator: Krishna, K R
creator: Peacock, J M
creator: Singh, S
creator: Soman, P
creator: Rani, A U
creator: Wani, S P
subject: Sorghum
description: Representative data on genotypic differences in sorghum root characteristics are examined for prospective use in applied breeding programmes. Significant genotype differences in root characteristics observed are: root-length density at lower depths when the crop 15 grown      on stored. soil moisture. root-shoot ratios  early establishment of nodal      Roots In seedlings, and microbial associations of roots. Four-fold genotypic differences root-shoot ratio were found at the seedling stage, but      high ontogenic shifts negated these differences at later stages. Hence    . sorghum breeding for efficient root systems should be confined to well-      defined target environments with specific objectives.  
date: 1990
type: Conference or Workshop Item
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/3649/1/Proceed._of_Nat._Conf._of_Plant_Physiology_Assessemnt_of_genotype_NS_DJF_RJ_KRK_JMP_SS%2CPS_AVR_SPW_1988.pdf
identifier:   Seetharama, N and Flower, D J and Jayachandran, R and Krishna, K R and Peacock, J M and Singh, S and Soman, P and Rani, A U and Wani, S P  (1990) Assessment of Genotypic Differences in Sorghum Root Characteristics.  In: Proceedings of the International Congress of Plant Phlsiology, 15-20 Feb. 1988, New Delhi, India.