Drought Tolerance in Wheat

Table 1

Yield losses at vegetative growth stages under drought in wheat.

Vegetative stage	Yield loss (%)	Reference
Early season stress	22	[48]
Midseason stress	58	[48]
Booting stage	20.74	[49]
Tillering stage	46.85	[49]
1000-grain weight (vegetative stage)	38.67	[50]
Earlier stages	79.7	[51, 52]
Spike length (vegetative stage)	16.90	[50]
Number of spikelets per spike (vegetative stage)	28.63	[50]
Grains number (vegetative stage)	72.51	[50]
Grain yield (vegetative stage)	61.38	[50]