Generating Plants with Improved Water Use Efficiency

Generating Plants with Improved Water Use Efficiency

To improve sustainability of agriculture, high yielding crop varieties with improved water use efficiency (WUE) are needed. Despite the feasibility of assessing WUE using different measurement techniques, breeding for WUE and high yield is a major challenge. Factors influencing the trait under field...

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Main Authors: Sonja Blankenagel, Zhenyu Yang, Viktoriya Avramova, Chris-Carolin Schön, Erwin Grill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-09-01
Series:Agronomy
Subjects:
water use efficiency
crop breeding
yield
drought
maize
Arabidopsis
C4-C3 comparison
stomatal conductance
abscisic acid (ABA)
photosynthesis
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/8/9/194

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