WHEAT BREEDING FOR DROUGHT RESISTANCE BY NOVEL FIELD SELECTION METHODS

Water retention ability and relative water content of excised leaves, post-anthesis stress induced by chemical desiccation and the determination of the canopy temperature were assessed in the nursery to study a wide range of breeding material's cuticular resistance against water loss and transl...

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Published in:Cereal research communications 2008-01, Vol.36, p.123-126
Main Authors: MATUZ, János, CSEUZ, László, FÓNAD, Péter, PAUK, János
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Breeding
Dehydration
Drought
Drought resistance
Drought tolerance
Genotypes
Moisture content
Research methods
Water loss
Wheat
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Summary:Water retention ability and relative water content of excised leaves, post-anthesis stress induced by chemical desiccation and the determination of the canopy temperature were assessed in the nursery to study a wide range of breeding material's cuticular resistance against water loss and translocation ability of stored stem reserves. A mobile automatic rain shelter (MARS) construct was developed in nursery of CRC in Szeged. The MARS, parallel with ideal water supply gives a good chance for field testing of relatively high number of genotypes for drought tolerance. Correlation between the rankings of entries in the different tests however was low.
ISSN:0133-3720
1788-9170
DOI:10.1556/CRC.36.2008