_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ *Corresponding author: E-mail: eliane.bodah@email.wsu.edu; American Journal of Experimental Agriculture 8(1): 68-74, 2015, Article no.AJEA.2015.148 ISSN: 2231-0606 SCIENCEDOMAIN international www.sciencedomain.org A Rapid Morphological Screening Procedure for Pea (Pisum sativum L.) under Drought Stress in Greenhouse Settings Eliane T. Bodah 1* , Kurt Braunwart 1 , Brian W. Bodah 2 and Alcindo Neckel 3 1 Division of Breeding, ProGene Plant Research LLC, 860 S. Crestline, Othello, WA 99344, USA. 2 WSU Extension, Pierce County Extension, Washington State University, 3602 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, WA 98418, USA. 3 Department of Geography, Faculdade Meridional University, Passo Fundo, RS 99100, Brazil. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration between all authors. Authors ETB and BWB designed the study, wrote the protocol and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Authors KB and AN reviewed the experimental design and all drafts of the manuscript. Author ETB managed the analyses of the study. Author BWB identified the plants. Author ETB performed the statistical analysis. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/AJEA/2015/16669 Editor(s): (1) Masayuki Fujita, Department of Plant Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Japan. Reviewers: (1) Inge Gazendam, Agricultural Research Council-Roodeplaat, Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Institute, Department of Crop Protection, South Africa. (2) Edward Missanjo, Malawi College of Forestry and Wildlife, Private Bag 6, Dedza, Malawi. (3) Klára Kosová, Laboratory of Plant Stress Biology and Biotechnology, Division of Crop Genetics and Breeding, Crop Research Institute, Prague, Czech Republic. (4) Anonymous, Hungary. Complete Peer review History: http://www.sciencedomain.org/review-history.php?iid=1075&id=2&aid=8684 Received 10 th February 2015 Accepted 23 rd March 2015 Published 3 rd April 2015 ABSTRACT Aims: This work proposes a rapid morphological screening procedure for peas grown under drought stress aiming to provide phenotypic evaluations for further research. Materials and Methods: The plant yield and morphological changes of two widely grown pea cultivars (‘Aragorn’ and ‘Banner’) to drought stress was evaluated in this work. A total of eighty seeds of each pea variety were grown in a randomized completed block with four replicates in a greenhouse located in Moscow, ID. Plants were subjected to optimal irrigation (1400 ml as a control) and two treatments that reduced optimal irrigation rates by 40% (840 ml, moderate drought) and Short Research Article