Marrou, HélèneGuiguitant, JulieKibbou, Fatima2018-03-292018-03-29Michel Edmond Ghanem, Hélène Marrou, Julie Guiguitant, Fatima Kibbou. (14/5/2017). Lentil, in "Water-Conservation Traits to Increase Crop Yields in Water-deficit Environments. SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science". Germany: Springer Publishing Company.https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/8150Lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) is an important cool season legume grown in Mediterranean and semiarid climates. The crop often faces terminal drought stress during the reproductive phase as a consequence of diminishing rainfall or plant available water and rising temperatures. Studies are now being initiated on the water-conservation traits in lentil. The first studies indicated substantial variation among genotypes in both soil water-conservation traits result from early partial stomata closure with soil drying and with vapor pressure deficit. A simulation of the potential benefit of a 1.1 kPa vapor pressure threshold for partial stomatal closure resulted in high probabilities of yield increase for Central India and in Bangladesh. Lentil: case study (Water-Conservation Traits to Increase.... Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317013410_Lentil_case_study_Water-Conservation_Traits_to_Increase_Crop_Yields_in_Water-deficit_Environments_Case_Studies [accessed Mar 29 2018].PDFBook ChapterLimited access