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Growth, abscisic acid content, and carbon isotope composition in wheat cultivars grown under different soil moisture

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Abstract

Changes in dry matter accumulation and allocation, abscisic acid content and carbon isotope composition of three wheat cultivars from dry, middle and wet climate regions were recorded at full maturity after exposure to different watering regimes (100, 50 and 25 % field capacity). Compared with the wet climate cultivar, the dry climate cultivar showed lower stem height, total leaf area, total dry biomass and total grain dry mass, and higher root/shoot ratio, abscisic acid content and carbon isotope composition under all watering regimes. Both water-limited treatments significantly reduced leaf growth and increased dry matter allocation into the roots leading to a significant raise of root/shoot ratio in all cultivars tested. In addition, drought affected morphological and physiological properties more in the dry climate cultivar than in the wet climate cultivar.

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Abbreviations

ABA:

abscisic acid content

GM:

total grain dry mass

HT:

stem height

LA:

total leaf area

RM:

root dry mass

RS:

root/shoot ratio

SLA:

specific leaf area

TB:

total dry biomass

WUE:

water use efficiency

δ13C:

carbon isotope composition

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Wang, T., Zhang, X. & Li, C. Growth, abscisic acid content, and carbon isotope composition in wheat cultivars grown under different soil moisture. Biol Plant 51, 181–184 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10535-007-0036-6

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