Project
Physiologically Derived Cultural and Genetic Enhancements of Water and Temperature Stress Induced Limitations
Details
Project Code:
UNL-116
Start Date:
1992
End Date:
1997
CRSP Phase:
Not Available
Budget:
Not Available
Participants
Lead University:
University of Nebraska
Other Partners:
Collaborating Scientists' Institutions: Agricultural Research Center (Sudan); University of Nuevo Leon (Mexico); DeKalb-Pfizer, NC+, Pioneer, Cargill and Hoegemeyer (US); Agricultural Research Giza (Egypt)
Principal Investigator(s):
Jerry D. Eastin
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
None
Overview
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Objectives
The first general objective includes cultural research investigations relating to water use efficiency (WUE) and nutrient use efficiency (NUE) needs. A second general objective is investigation of water and temperature stress resistance mechanisms as they relate to (1) developing stress screening techniques and (2) genetic manipulation of stress resistance mechanisms with emphases at both the field and gene levels. Quite obviously gains in these research areas of the second general objective have the net effect of improving WUE in the first objective because of yield improvement.
Outcomes
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