Indirect changes associated with a selection program for increased seed-yield in wild species of Lesquerella (Brassicaceae): Are we developing a phenotype opposite to the expected ideotype?

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1372-1380

  González Paleo, Luciana ^a   Ravetta, Damián A ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Mediterranean type environments; New crops; Specific leaf area; Water use efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ARID LANDS; ASSIMILATION RATE; BRASSICACEAE; BREEDING OBJECTIVES; BUFFER CAPACITY; GROWTH CAPACITY; GROWTH STRATEGY; HIGHER YIELD; IN-FIELD; INDUSTRIAL CROPS; LESQUERELLA; MAIN CHARACTERISTICS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN-TYPE ENVIRONMENTS; NEW CROPS; NUTRIENT-USE EFFICIENCIES; PATAGONIA; RELATIVE GROWTH RATE; RESOURCE USE; SEED FILLING; SEMI ARID; SPECIFIC LEAF AREA; STRUCTURAL ADAPTATION; WATER DEMAND; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WILD SPECIES;

CARBOHYDRATES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CROPS; DROUGHT; EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTS; FORESTRY; NUTRIENTS; SEED; STABILITY; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

ECOLOGY;

ADAPTATION; ANNUAL PLANT; ARID REGION; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; CROP YIELD; DICOTYLEDON; DOMESTICATION; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HARVESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHENOTYPE; PLANT BREEDING; RESOURCE USE; SEMIARID REGION; SURVIVAL; VIGOR; WATER USE EFFICIENCY; WILD POPULATION;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA;

BRASSICACEAE; LESQUERELLA ANGUSTIFOLIA; LESQUERELLA GRACILIS; LESQUERELLA PINETORUM; PHYSARIA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 79960364999     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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