Is transpiration efficiency a viable plant trait in breeding for crop improvement?

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 359-365

  Sinclair, Thomas R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

13; C discrimination; leaf photosynthetic capacity; plant biochemical composition; vapour pressure deficit.

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BREEDING; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP YIELD; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TRANSPIRATION; WATER FLOW; WATER USE;

EID: 84861358058     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP11198     Document Type: Review

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