biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Němec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 48:457-460, 2004 | DOI: 10.1023/B:BIOP.0000041104.54922.31

Variation in Drought Tolerance of Different Stylosanthes Accessions

A. Chandra1, P.S. Pathak1, R.K. Bhatt1, A. Dubey1
1 Crop Improvement Division, Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi, India, e-mail

Twenty genotypes of Stylosanthes consisting four species were evaluated under rain fed condition employing biochemical and physiological attributes to select drought tolerant lines. Relative water content measured at 50 % flowering stage of the plants showed significant variations among the lines which ranged from 32.11 in S. scabra RRR94-86 to 83.33 % in S. seabrana 2539. The results indicated that S. scabra genotypes were more tolerant to drought over other lines as evidenced by high leaf thickness, proline accumulation, content of sugars and chlorophyll, and nitrate reductase activity.

Keywords: chlorophyll; leaf thickness; nitrate reductase; osmotic potential; proline; proteins; relative water content; soil moisture; sugars
Subjects: chlorophyll, drought tolerance, rehydration; cultivar and genotype differences, drought, heat shock protein; leaf thickness, drought tolerance; nitrate reductase; osmotic potential, drought tolerance; proline, drought tolerance; protein, drought tolerance; relative water content, drought tolerance, rehydration; Stylosanthes hamata; Stylosanthes scabra; Stylosanthes seabrana; Stylosanthes viscosa; water stress tolerance

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Chandra, A., Pathak, P.S., Bhatt, R.K., & Dubey, A. (2004). Variation in Drought Tolerance of Different Stylosanthes Accessions. Biologia plantarum, 48(3), 457-460. doi: 10.1023/B:BIOP.0000041104.54922.31
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