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JPY-159-891
Title
Genotypic variation of gas exchange parameters and carbon isotope discrimination in winter wheat
Journal
Journal of Plant Physiology
Year
2002
Volume
159
Pages
891-898
Author
Xue Q
Soundararajan M
Weiss A
Arkebauer TJ
Baenziger PS
Abstract
Summary: Carbon isotope discrimination (delta) has been suggested as an indirect selection tool for plant water use efficiency and yield potential in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Plant available soil water content (PASW) and vapor pressure deficit (VPD) are among some important factors affecting gas exchange and delta. A two-year field experiment was conducted to (1) investigate the differences in gas exchange parameters: net CO2 assimilation rate (An), stomatal conductance (Gs), intercellular CO2 concentration (Ci), An/Ci, transpiration rate (E), water use efficiency (WUE), and delta between older and newer cultivars in winter wheat; and (2) determine the relationships between delta and gas exchange parameters, WUE and grain yield as influenced by PASW and VPD. Differences in An and An/Ci between the two years was influenced more by PASW conditions than by cultivar. In general, WUE decreased in all cultivars when PASW <50%. There were no correlations between gas exchange parameters, WUE, and grain yield under water stress. In the wetter growing season, the two older cultivars had higher WUE than the two newer cultivars. There was a negative correlation between delta and WUE with older cultivars tending to have a lower delta and higher WUE than the newer cultivars. A positive correlation between delta and grain yield suggests that delta values can be used as a supplementary selection tool for higher yielding winter wheat cultivars
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assimilation
carbon
carbon isotope discrimination
concentration
content
difference
discrimination
exchange
field
field experiment
gas exchange
genetic variation
genotype
genotypic variation
isotope discrimination
maximum yield
parameters
season
selection
soil
soil water
soil water content
stable isotopes
stomatal conductance
stomatal resistance
stress
tool
transpiration
transpiration rate
triticum
triticum aestivum
use efficiency
water
water content
water stress
water use
water-use
winter
yield

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