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Factors preventing the performance of oxygen isotope ratios as indicators of grain yield in maize.
Planta - 1 Feb 2016
Sánchez-Bragado Rut, Araus José Luis, Scheerer Ursula, Cairns Jill E, Rennenberg Heinz, Ferrio Juan Pedro
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MAIN CONCLUSION: This paper provides new insights into source-sink relationships and transpiration processes which will eventually help to interpret δ (18) O as a genotype selection and ecophysiological tool for maize adaptation to drought. Oxygen isotope composition (δ(18)O) has been proposed as a phenotyping tool to integrate leaf transpiration in C4 crops, such as maize. Within this context we hypothesize that...
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