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Selection of drought tolerant and sensitive genotypes from wheat DH population

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Drought has significant effect on wheat production by decreasing grain yield. Phenotyping the populations is a useful tool for understanding the interactions between phenotype and genotype. 135 doubled haploid (DH) genotypes and their parental varieties Plainsman (Pl) and Cappelle Desprez (CD) were phenotyped in glasshouse under well-watered (WW) and drought-stress (DS) conditions. The response of plant height, heading time, aboveground biomass, grain yield, root dry mass harvest index (HI) under both conditions, and stress tolerance index (STI) and water consumption in WW conditions was studied. We found 20% decrease in the plant growth, 66% decrease in the aboveground biomass, and 77% decrease in the grain yield. Under WW conditions, high water consumption was not related to high yields, STI, and HI. The tolerant and the sensitive genotypes were selected. In the WW and water consumption treatment, the sensitive genotype group had better grain yield performance, but under DS, the tolerant group had higher grain yield. The average yield loss was 59% in the tolerant group compared to the WW treatment, and the sensitive yield loss was 68%. Correlation was found between the grain yield and root dry mass in the tolerant group. There was significant difference between the tolerant and sensitive groups on water consumption, as the sensitive genotypes had higher water need. We found strong positive correlation between the water consumption and the grain yield in the tolerant group. This study showed that the tolerant genotypes had improved water regulating efficiency.

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This work was supported by Grant of ‘NKFI K 119835’ and GINOP-2.2.1-15-2016-000026. The authors thank Dr. László Cseuz, Sándor Vajasdi-Nagy, Ferenc Markó, and Szilvia Palaticki for their conscientious work. Thanks for the critical reading and English correction of the manuscript to Elizabeth Búza, Dr. Kenny Paul.

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    Éva Nagy, Csaba Lantos & János Pauk

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Nagy, É., Lantos, C. & Pauk, J. Selection of drought tolerant and sensitive genotypes from wheat DH population. Acta Physiol Plant 39, 261 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-017-2554-y

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