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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (30): 38-42.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb15040118

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Research Development of Drought Tolerance in Maize

Zhang Fengqi, Zhao Xia, Ding Yong, Zhao Faxin, Tang Baojun   

  1. (Cereal Institute, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Henan Provincial Key Lab. of Maize Biology, Zhengzhou 450002)
  • Received:2015-04-15 Revised:2015-05-21 Accepted:2015-06-23 Online:2015-10-29 Published:2015-10-29

Abstract: Drought is currently the most important abiotic factor affecting maize yield. For promoting the drought tolerance research in maize and improving breeding efficiency, the study summarized the research development of maize drought tolerance at home and abroad in recent years, and the drought tolerance identification, genetic research, variety breeding and functional gene researches in maize. Moreover, some problems in the researches, such as lack of a unified standard identification system for maize drought tolerance, scarce drought resistance germplasm and poor knowledge of drought mechanism, were analyzed, and corresponding strategy for each individual problem was also provided. Therefore, the research will provide beneficial information for deep researches on drought tolerance in maize.