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Gas Exchange Characteristics of the Flue-Cured Tobacco (Nicotiana Tabacum L.) Cultivars Grown under Two Production Systems

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The net photosynthetic rate (P N), intercellular CO2 concentration (C i), stomatal conductance (g s), transpiration rate (E), water use efficiency (WUE), and leaf biomass production of four American flue-cured tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) cultivars K 326, K 358, and Speight G 28 were compared with three local Indian cultivars 16/103, Special FCV, and PCT-7, during 1994 and 1995 crop seasons under irrigated and rainfed production systems (Northern light soils, NLS, and Karnataka light soils, KLS) in India. By comparison, the American tobacco cv. K 326 showed the highest P N and g s. A positive correlation was found between P N and biomass production in all the varieties tested (r = 0.55 in NLS and 0.73 in KLS). The American cultivars were superior than the local cultivars in their biomass production and P N under Indian farming conditions.

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  1. Research Department, ITC Ltd - ILTD Division, Huccumpeta (P.O.), Rajahmundry, 533 103, A.P., India

    P. Srinivas

  2. Department of Botany and Range Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA

    B.N. Smith & P.M. Swamy

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Srinivas, P., Smith, B. & Swamy, P. Gas Exchange Characteristics of the Flue-Cured Tobacco (Nicotiana Tabacum L.) Cultivars Grown under Two Production Systems. Photosynthetica 37, 633–637 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007187928932

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