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Variation among wheat cultivars in the response of leaf gas exchange to light

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

A. Blum
A. Blum
Affiliation:
Institute of Field and Garden Crops, The Volcani Centre, PO Box 6, Bet Dagan, Israel
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Summary

This research was done in order to explore genetic variation in carbon exchange rate (CER) of spring wheat (Triticum aestivum) leaves in response to variable photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) and to compare old and new Israeli cultivarsin this respect. Leaf gas exchange was measured in detached turgid leaves of 17 cultivars inan open system at 25 °C when PAR was reduced from c. 1200 to 200 μmol/m2 per s. Linear regressions of CER, stomatal conductance, transpirationand leaf internal CO2 concentration (Ci) on log PAR were fitted for each leaf(regression r2 was never <0·79) and the regressions were compared among cultivars by analysis of variance.

Genotypes differed significantly for the slope (b) but not the intercept (a) of the regression of CER on log PAR, indicating that genotypic differences for CER increased with increasing PAR. Photosynthetic capacity, as expressed by the ratio of CER/Ci, differed significantly among cultivars only at high PAR. Stomatal conductanceand transpiration increased in a linear or a nonlinear fashion with log PAR and differences among cultivars for both were greatest at medium to low PAR. Photosynthetic water–use efficiency (WUE) and its variation among cultivars were greatest at the highest PAR. Genotypic variation in CER athigh PAR was confirmed by repeated results for 11 cultivars intwo independent experiments.

The recently developed high-yielding cultivar V652 had a higher maximum CER, higher photosynthetic capacity and greater WUE at high PAR than older and lower-yielding cultivars. The results suggest an upward genetic shift in photosynthetic capacity andin CER at high PAR when selection for yield was performed under the high-irradiation conditions of Israel.

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Crops and Soils
Information
The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 115 , Issue 3 , December 1990 , pp. 305 - 311
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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