Article
Genotypic variation in transpiration efficiency due to differences in photosynthetic capacity among sugarcane-related clones.
Journal of experimental botany - 1 Apr 2017
Li Chunjia, Jackson Phillip, Lu Xin, Xu Chaohua, Cai Qing, Basnayake Jayapathi, Lakshmanan Prakash, Ghannoum Oula, Fan Yuanhong
Abstract excerpt
Sugarcane, derived from the hybridization of Saccharum officinarum×Saccharum spontaneum, is a vegetative crop in which the final yield is highly driven by culm biomass production. Cane yield under irrigated or rain-fed conditions could be improved by developing genotypes with leaves that have high intrinsic transpiration efficiency, TEi (CO2 assimilation/stomatal conductance), provided this is not offset by...
Topics
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Photosynthesis
- Plant Leaves
- Plant Stomata
- Plant Transpiration
- Saccharum
