The effect of dwarfing genes on sorghum grain filling from remobilized stem reserves, under stress

Field Crops Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 43-54

  Blum, A ^a   Golan, G ^a   Mayer, J ^a   Sinmena, B ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Drought resistance; Grain filling; Plant height; Reserves Dwarf; Sorghum; Stem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030759581     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(96)03462-4     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Bidinger, F.R., Musgrave, R.B. and Fischer, R.A., 1977. Contribution of stored preanthesis assimilates to grain yield in wheat and barley. Nature, 27: 431-433.
2. Blum, A., 1973. Component analysis of yield response to drought of sorghum hybrids. Exp. Agric., 9: 155-167.
3. Blum, A., 1996. The role of mobilized stem reserves in stress tolerance. In: G. Scoles and B. Rossnagel (Eds.), Proc. of the 5th Int. Oat Conf. and the 7th Int. Barley Genetics Symp., Saskatchewan, Canada, pp. 267-275.
4. Blum, A. and Arkin, G.F., 1984. Sorghum root growth and water-use as affected by water supply and growth duration. Field Crops Res., 9: 131-142.
5. Blum, A., Mayer, J. and Golan, G., 1983b. Chemical desiccation of wheat plants as a simulator of post-anthesis stress. II. Relations to drought stress. Field Crops Res., 6: 149-155.
6. Blum, A., Mayer, J. and Golan, G., 1989. Agronomic and physiological assessments genotypic variation for drought resistance in sorghum. Aust. J. Agric. Res., 40: 49-61.
7. Blum, A., Poyarkova, H., Golan, G. and Mayer, J., 1983a. Chemical desiccation of wheat plants as a simulator of post-anthesis stress. I. Effects on translocation and kernel growth. Field Crops Res., 6: 51-58.
8. Blum, A., Sinmena, B., Mayer, J., Golan, G. and Shpiler, L., 1994. Stem reserve mobilization supports wheat grain filling under heat stress. Aust. J. Plant Physiol., 21: 771-781.
9. Boyle, M.G., Boyer, J.S. and Morgan, P.W., 1991. Stem infusion of liquid culture medium prevents reproductive failure of maize at low water potential. Crop Sci., 31: 1246-1252.
10. Connor, D.J. and Sadras, V.O., 1992. Physiology of yield expression in sunflower. Field Crops Res., 30: 333-389.
11. Dubois, M., Gilles, K.A., Hamilton, J.K., Rebers, P.A. and Smith, F., 1956. Colorimetric method for determination of sugars and related substances. Anal. Chem., 28: 350-356.
12. Fischer, K.S. and Wilson, G.L., 1971. Studies of grain production in Sorghum bicolor (L. Moench). I. The contribution of pre-flowering photosynthesis to grain yield. Aust. J. Agric. Res., 22: 33-37.
13. Fortmeier, R. and Schubert, S., 1995. Storage of non-structural carbohydrates in sweet sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]: comparison of sterile and fertile lines. J. Agron. Crop Sci., 175: 189-193.
14. Hossain, A.B.S., Sears, R.G., Cox, T.S. and Paulsen, G.M., 1990. Desiccation tolerance and its relationship to assimilate partitioning in winter wheat. Crop Sci., 30: 622-627.
15. Karkalas, J., 1985. An improved enzymatic method for the determination of native and modified starch. J. Sci. Food Agric., 36: 1019-1027.
16. Kiniry, J.R., Tischler, C.R., Rosenthal, W.D. and Gerik, T.J., 1992. Nonstructural carbohydrate utilization by sorghum and maize shaded during grain growth. Crop Sci., 32: 131-137.
17. Kuhbauch, W. and Thome, U., 1989. Nonstructural carbohydrates of wheat stems as influenced by sink-source manipulations. J. Plant Physiol., 134: 243-250.
18. Mahalakshmi, V., Bidinger, F.R., Rao, K.P. and Wani, S.P., 1994. Use of the senescing agent potassium iodide to simulate water deficit during flowering and grainfilling in pearl millet. Field Crops Res., 36: 103-111.
19. Nicolas, M.E. and Turner, N.C., 1993. Use of chemical desiccants and senescing agents to select wheat lines maintaining stable grain size during post-anthesis drought. Field Crops Res., 31: 155-171.
20. Quinby, J.R., 1974. Sorghum Improvement and the Genetics of Growth. Texas A and M University Press, College Station, 108 pp.
21. Sadras, V.O., Connor, D.J. and Whitfield, D.M., 1993. Yield, yield components and source-sink relationships in water-stressed sunflower. Field Crops Res., 31: 27-39.
22. Schnyder, H., 1993. The role of carbohydrate storage and redistribution in the source-sink relations of wheat and barley during grain filling - a review. New Phytol., 123: 233-245.
23. Schussler, J.R. and Westgate, M.E., 1994. Increasing assimilate reserves does not prevent kernel abortion at low water potential in maize. Crop Sci., 34: 1569-1576.
24. Stahl, R.S. and McCree, K.J., 1988. Ontogenetic changes in respiration coefficients of grain sorghum. Crop Sci., 28: 111-114.
25. Thornley, J.H.M., 1977. Growth, maintenance and respiration: a re-interpretation. Ann. Bot., 41: 1191-1203.
26. Vietor, D.M. and Miller, F.R., 1990. Assimilation, partitioning, and nonstructural carbohydrates in sweet compared with grain sorghum. Crop Sci., 30: 1109-1115.
27. Victor, D.M., Miller, F.R. and Cralle, H.-T., 1990. Nonstructural carbohydrates in axillary branches and main stem of senescent and nonsenescent sorghum types Crop Sci., 30: 97-100.
28. Wright, S.A., Jordan, W.R., Morgan, P.W. and Miller, F.R., 1983. Genetic and hormonal control of shoot and root growth in sorghum. Agron. J., 75: 682-686.
29. Zartman, R.E. and Woyewodzic, R.T., 1979. Root distribution patterns of two hybrid, grain sorghums under field conditions. Agron. J., 71: 325-328.