Water relations, forage production, and photosynthesis in tall fescue divergently selected for carbon isotope discrimination

Crop Science

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1663-1670

  Johnson, R C ^a   Yangyang, Li ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; ENVIRONMENT; FORAGE; GENETIC TRAIT; HERITABILITY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT BREEDING; WATER USE;

FESTUCA; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS;

EID: 0033394101     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci1999.3961663x     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (34)

1. Briggs, L.J., and H.L. Shantz. 1913. The water requirement of plants. I. Investigations in the Great Plains in 1910 and 1911. USDA Bureau of Plant Industry, Bull. 284.
2. Brown, R.H., and G.T. Byrd. 1996. Transpiration efficiency, specific leaf weight, and mineral concentration in peanut and pearl millet. Crop Sci. 36:475-480.
3. Condon, A.G., and R.A. Richards. 1993. Exploiting genetic variation in transpiration efficiency in wheat: An agronomic view. p. 435-450. In J.R. Ehleringer et al. (ed.) Stable isotopes and plant carbonwater relations. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
4. Ehdaie, B., and J.G. Waines. 1994. Genetic analysis of carbon isotope discrimination and agronomic characteristics in a bread-wheat cross. Theor. Appl. Genet. 88:1023-1028.
5. Ehleringer, J.R., A.E. Hall, and G.D. Farquhar. 1993. Stable isotopes and plant water relations. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
6. Falconer, D.S. 1960. Introduction to quantitative genetics. Roland Press, New York.
7. Farquhar, G.D., J.R. Ehleringer, and K.T. Hubick. 1989. Carbon isotope discrimination and photosynthesis. Annu. Rev. Plant Physiol. Plant Mol. Biol. 40:503-537.
8. Farquhar, G.D., and J. Lloyd. 1993. Carbon and oxygen effects on the exchange of carbon dioxide between terrestrial plants and the atmosphere, p. 47-70. In J.R. Ehleringer et al. (ed.) Stable isotopes and plant carbon-water relations. Academic Press, San Diego. CA.
9. Farquhar, G.D., and R.A. Richards. 1984. Isotopic composition of plant carbon correlates with water-use efficiency of wheat genotypes. Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 11:539-552.
10. Frank, A.B., I.M. Ray, J.D. Berdahl, and J.F. Karn. 1997. Carbon isotope discrimination, ash, and canopy temperature in three wheatgrass species. Crop Sci. 37:1573-1576.
11. Hubick, K.T., G.D. Farquhar, and R. Shorter. 1986. Correlation between water-use efficiency and carbon isotope discrimination in diverse peanut (Arachis) germplasm. Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 13: 803-816.
12. Hubick, K.T., R. Shorter, and G.D. Farquhar. 1988. Heritability and genotype X environment interaction of carbon isotope discrimination and transpiration efficiency in peanut. Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 15:799-813.
13. Ismail, A.M., and A.E. Hall. 1993. Inheritance of carbon isotope discrimination and water-use efficiency in cowpea. Crop Sci. 33: 498-503.
14. Johnson, R.C. 1993. Carbon isotope discrimination, water relations, and photosynthesis in tall fescue. Crop Sci. 33:169-174.
15. Johnson, R.C., and L.M. Bassett. 1991. Carbon isotope discrimination and water use efficiency in four cool-season grasses. Crop Sci. 31:157-162.
16. Johnson, R.C., D.W. Mornhinweg, J.J. Heitholt, and D.M. Ferris. 1987. Leaf photosynthesis and conductance of selected Triticum species at different water potentials. Plant Physiol. 83:1014-1017.
17. Johnson, R.C., F.J. Muehlbauer, and C.J. Simon. 1995. Genetic variation in water-use efficiency and its relation to photosynthesis and productivity in lentil germplasm. Crop Sci. 35:457-463.
18. Johnson, R.C., H.T. Nguyen, R.W. McNew, and D.M. Ferris. 1986. Sampling error for leaf water potential measurements in wheat. Crop Sci. 26:380-383.
19. Johnson, R.C., and L.L. Tieszen. 1994. Variation for water-use efficiency in alfalfa germplasm. Crop Sci. 21:267-270.
20. Matus, A., A.E. Slinkard, and C. van Kessel. 1996. Carbon isotope discrimination and indirect selection for transpiration efficiency at flowering in lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus), spring bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). durum wheat (T. turgidum L.), and canola (Brassica napus L.). Euphytica 87:141-151.
21. McLean, S.D., and C.L. Watson, Jr. 1992. Divergent selection for anthesis date in annual ryegrass. Crop Sci. 32:847-851.
22. Meinzer, F.C., G. Goldstein, and D.A. Grantz. 1990. Carbon isotope discrimination in coffee genotypes grown under limited water supply. Plant Physiol. 92:130-135.
23. Menéndez, C.M., and A.E. Hall. 1995. Heritability of carbon isotope discrimination and correlations with earliness in cowpea. Crop Sci. 35:673-678.
24. Menéndez, C.M., and A.E. Hall. 1996. Heritability of carbon isotope discrimination and correlations with harvest index in cowpea. Crop Sci. 36:233-238.
25. Rao, N.R.C., and G.C. Wright. 1994. Stability of the relationship between specific leaf area and carbon isotope discrimination across environments in peanut. Crop Sci. 34:98-103.
26. Read, J.J., K.H. Asay, and D.A. Johnson. 1993. Divergent selection for carbon isotope discrimination in crested wheatgrass. Can. J. Plant Sci. 73:1027-1035.
27. Read, J.J., D.A. Johnson, K.H. Asay, and L.L. Tieszen. 1991. Carbon isotope discrimination, gas exchange, and water-use efficiency in crested wheatgrass clones. Crop Sci. 31:1203-1208.
28. SAS Institute. 1985. User's guide: Statistics. 5th ed. SAS Institute, Cary, NC.
29. Snedecor, G.W., and W.G. Cochran. 1967. Statistical methods. 6th ed. Iowa State Univ. Press, Ames. Iowa.
30. 13C in Hawaiian Metrosideros polymorpha: a case of internal resistance? Oecologia 84:362-370.
31. Von Caemmerer, S., and G.D. Farquhar. 1981. Some relations between the biochemistry of photosynthesis and gas exchange of leaves. Planta 153:376-387.
32. White, J.W. 1993. Implications of carbon isotope discrimination for breeding common bean under water deficits, p. 387-398. In J.R. Ehleringer et al. (ed.) Stable isotopes and plant carbon-water relations. Academic Press, San Diego, CA.
33. White, J.W., J.A. Castillo, and J. Ehleringer. 1990. Associations between productivity, root growth, and carbon isotope discrimination in Phaselous vulgaris under water deficit. Aust. J. Plant Physiol. 17:189-198.
34. Wilson, D.A., W.J. Kaiser, and S.L. Clement. 1991. Survey and detection of endophyte fungi in Lolium germ plasm by direct staining and aphid assays. Plant Dis. 75:169-173.