A return to the genetic heritage of durum wheat to cope with drought heightened by climate change.

The objective of this work was to perform a comparative analysis of the physiological, biochemical and agronomical parameters of recent and heritage durum wheat cultivars (Triticum durum Desf.) under water-deficit conditions. Five cultivars were grown under irrigated (control) and rainfall (stressed...

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Main Authors: Amor Slama, Elhem Mallek-Maalej, Hatem Ben Mohamed, Thouraya Rhim, Leila Radhouane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5967785?pdf=render