Breeding and production of drought tolerant cultivars for arid and semi-arid area is very important. The present experiment was carried out to evaluate the effects of drought stress on seed yield and yield components of oilseed rape as well as identification of high yielding and drought stress tolerant genotypes. Eighteen new winter oilseed rape lines and commercial cultivars were evaluated und...

In order to evaluate the effect of drought stress and determine of effective traits on grain yield and estimate of genetic parameters, 18 mutant rice lines were studied in normal and drought stress conditions. The experiments were carried out separately using randomized complete block design with three replications during cropping season 2014-2015 at Iranian Rice Research Centers in North of Ir...

Nitrogen has an important role for supplying carbon skeletons which needs for producing compatible solutes and stress tolerance enzymes. Water deficit affects nitrogen fixation in legums. So we studied the effect of various nitrogen sources on physiological, and biochemical features of bean under water stress. This experiment was conducted as factorial based on completely randomized design with...

Canonical discriminant analysis (CDA) in combination with cluster analysis and genotype by trait (GT) biplot analysis methods were used to assess 9 wheat cultivars having different degrees of tolerance along with 36 F1 hybrids derived from partial diallel crosses, using stress tolerance indices, in two levels (well watered and cessation of irrigation at pollination stage). Cluster analysis clas...

Chlorophyll, RWC, electrolyte leakage and seed performance of three maize hybrid varieties under draught and chilling stress conditions were examined.  The experiment was carried out in split-split plots using random completely blocks design with three replications in 2013-2014 in research farm and greenhouse Mashhad University of Ferdowsi, Agronomy Faculty. The main plot was chilling stress at...