Maintenance of Photosynthesis as Leaves Age Improves Whole Plant Water Use Efficiency in an Australian Wheat Cultivar

Leaf-level water use efficiency (<i>WUE<sub>i</sub></i>) is often used to predict whole plant water use efficiency (<i>WUE<sub>wp</sub></i>), however these measures rarely correlate. A better understanding of the underlying physiological relationship b...

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Main Authors: Bailey Kretzler, Cristina Rodrigues Gabriel Sales, Michal Karady, Elizabete Carmo-Silva, Ian C. Dodd
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-07-01
Series:Agronomy
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/10/8/1102