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Abiotic Stresses

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Lentil

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There has been a large focus on biotic stresses in lentil as these cause obvious and serious reductions in yield and quality. However, increasingly abiotic stresses are being identified as major factors involved in the low and unreliable yield of lentils in many countries. Within each growing region, variations in climate, soils,and interactions between climate and soil affect lentil productivity and quality directly, or indirectly though their influence on foliar and soil borne diseases, pests and rhizobia. Furthermore, the impact of a specific stress can be influence by the relative tolerance of a cultivar and/or effect of particular cultural control methods

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Materne, M., McNeil, D., Hobson, K., Ford, R. (2007). Abiotic Stresses. In: Yadav, S.S., McNeil, D.L., Stevenson, P.C. (eds) Lentil. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6313-8_19

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