Screening of drought tolerant cow pea and triticale varieties

Countries
Keywords
agriculture systems
Institutions
University of Limpopo (South Africa)
Research fields
Agriculture and Food Sciences

Objective:

Drought impacts due to climate change are a serious limitation fro future crop production in Africa. In this project we use agronomic parameters and stable isotope tools to screen for drought tollerant varieties of cow pea and triticale in the province of Limpopo.