Farming and Management
  • Year: 2019
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue: 1

A review on mechanisms of resistance in sorghum to drought, high and low temperature and salinity†

1Honorary Professor, Departamento de Quimica y Biologia, Universidad de las Americas-Puebla, Santa Catarina Martir, Cholula, C. P. 72820, Puebla, Mexico

2Professor of Agronomy (Retd.), CCS, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004 (Haryana), India

Gaurav Publications, Agricultural Research Information Centre (Regd.) Systematic Printers, Near Video Market, Hisar-125 001 (Haryana), India

*E-mail: cropresearch1@gmail.com

†Reproduced from Res. Crops Vol. 3 (2): 257–281 (2002).

Abstract

The article makes a review of advances of research conducted during recent years on various aspects of sorghum particularly drought resistance, temperature and salinity resistance and mechanisms of resistance.

Keywords

Drought, mechanism, resistance, salinity, sorghum, Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench