* IMPACT OF WATER DEFICIT STRESS ON VARIOUS PHYSIOLOGICAL AND
AGRONOMIC TRAITS OF THREE BASMATI RICE (Oryza sativa L.) CULTIVARS
The study of three rice cultivars naming Basmati-Super, Shaheen-Basmati and Basmati-385.
Cultivar Shaheen-Basmati exhibited comparatively more tolerance to drought stress at all the three growth stages . Growth stage panicle initiation was the most sensitive one exhibiting more adverse effects on all the physiological and agronomic Similarly, all the physiological and yield