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GrainGenes Reference Report: PPS-100-1033

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Reference	PPS-100-1033
Title	Carbon isotope ratios in ear parts of triticale: Influence of grain filling
Journal	Plant Physiology
Year	1992
Volume	100
Pages	1033-1035
Author	Araus J Santiveri P Bosch-Serra D Royo C Romagosa I
Abstract	Four triticale (X triticosecale Wittmack) genotypes were grown under rainfed conditions with limited irrigation support in Lleida in northeast Spain For each variety, samples consisting of 10 tillers with half-sterilized spikes were taken three times from anthesis to maturity Carbon isotope ratios (delta 13C) were then determined in water extracts from ear bracts (glumes, paleas, and lemmas), awns and flag leaves, and in powdered kernels For the half-sterilized spikes, carbon isotope analysis was carried out separately in bracts and awns from fertile and nonfertile spikelets The carbon isotope ratios in the water-soluble fraction of awns, glumes, and glumells from fruitless spikelets was significantly higher than that from fertile spikelets sampled at mid-grain filling Differences in carbon isotope ratios among sterile and fertile spikelets were not significant in samples taken a few days after anthesis or at maturity These results are in accordance with some degree of refixation by awns and ear bracts of the CO2 respired by grains during grain filling There was progressively higher from flag leaf blades to awns, glumes, and glumells. This variation in carbon isotope ratios along plant parts may be caused by differences in the ratio of assimilation rate to CO2-diffusive conductance. Values of carbon isotope ratios of mature kernels were between the values at anthesis and mid-grain filling for the water-soluble fraction of flag leaves and inner bracts and were fairly similar to those of glumes and awns.
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