Carbon Isotope Discrimination, Water-Use Efficiency, Specific Leaf Area Relationships in Groundnut

Wright, G C and Rao, R C N (1993) Carbon Isotope Discrimination, Water-Use Efficiency, Specific Leaf Area Relationships in Groundnut. In: Selection for Water-use Efficiency in Grain Legumes Report of a workshop, 5-7 May 1993, ICRISAT Patancheru , India.

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Abstract

THE previous papcrs have dernonstratcd that extensive variation in WIJE cxists among groundnut cultivars. 'The difficulty in accurately measuring WUE in glasshouse and field situations, however, mcans it is virtually impossible to include such a trair into largc-scale breeding programs. Thc pioneering work by Professor G. Farquhar and his colleagues (Farcluhar et al. 1982) which showed that WUE and isotopic discriniination against lit during photosynthcsis (A) were corrclatcd, raised the possibility of using A as a rapid 2nd non-destructive surrogate tiieasurc for sclcction of high WUE in Iargc-scale breeding programs.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
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Subjects: Mandate crops > Groundnut
Depositing User: Library ICRISAT
Date Deposited: 09 Dec 2011 11:46
Last Modified: 09 Dec 2011 11:46
URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/4289
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