Drought escape can provide high grain yields under early drought in lentils

In the current context of climate change, evaluation of intraspecific genetic and phenotypic variability of lentil (Lens culinaris Medik) in response to early droughts is fundamental to gain novel insight on the adaptive potential of lentil to water deficit. Here we studied in the field the variability of functional traits, leaf biochemical composition and yield components of three Spanish lentil cultivars submitted to an atypically dry spring....