Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants

, Volume 20, Issue 4, pp 533–537 | Cite as

A quick method to screen high and low yielding wheat cultivars exposed to high temperature

  • Amit Gautam
  • Divya Agrawal
  • S. V. SaiPrasad
  • Anjana Jajoo
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Abstract

In tropical countries, high temperature stress is the major abiotic stress, which controls the productivity and yield of crop plants. Two high yielding and low yielding genotypes of durum wheat were selected for detailed analysis of their photochemical efficiencies. In low yielding genotypes (Malvi local and Sawer local), the whole primary photochemical reactions are affected before and after heat stress. The results show that low yielding genotypes show less efficiency in the usage of the available excitation energy. This is a case study to establish use of chlorophyll a fluorescence measurement as an effective tool to screen plants for their stress tolerance. The study is important for stress physiology and may be useful for assessment of stress tolerant plants.

Keyword

Wheat genotypes High temperature Chlorophyll fluorescence 

Abbreviations

Fo

Initial fluorescence

Fm

Maximum fluorescence

Fv

Variable fluorescence

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Amit Gautam
    • 1
  • Divya Agrawal
    • 2
  • S. V. SaiPrasad
    • 1
  • Anjana Jajoo
    • 2
  1. 1.Plant Breeding DivisionIndian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), Regional StationIndoreIndia
  2. 2.School of Life ScienceDevi Ahilya UniversityIndoreIndia

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