scholarly journals Morpho-physiological responses in wheat (Triticum aestivum L) influenced by normal and water stress conditions

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Piar Ali Shar ◽  
Akhtar Hussain Shar ◽  
Shabana Memon ◽  
Ayaz Ali Soomro ◽  
Saleem Ahmed Naich ◽  
...  

Drought is a disaster around the world accumulating salt and ero-sion in lands. Presently, a research was conducted to determine the morpho-physiological response in bread wheat under normal and stress irrigations. This experiment was conducted at the experimental field of Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Hy-derabad, Pakistan, for two consecutive years during the Rabi season of the year 2011-12 and 2012-13. Stress was imposed by withhold-ing irrigations at three different growth stages of the plant, i.e. T1: normal irrigations applied, T2: stress at tillering stage, and T3: stress at the booting stage. The progenies Sarsabz x Khirman and Sarsabz x TD-1 contributed the highest heritability% (81.0% and 85.5%) for osmotic potential (-MPa) at stress at booting stage. For grain yield spike-1(g), the progeny Kiran-95 x Khirman showed maximum her-itability as 84.37 in T3. However, the progeny TD-1 x Imdad proved to be the best combiner progeny indicating highest heritability per-centage (91.0%) among the progenies for grain yield at booting stress.

1995 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 405-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. O. Owuoche ◽  
K. G. Briggs ◽  
G. J. Taylor ◽  
D. C. Penney

Concentrations of copper (Cu) in the youngest fully emerged leaves (YFEL) and grain of eight widely grown Canadian spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars, Biggar, Columbus, Conway, Katepwa, Laura, Oslo, Park and Roblin, were determined. Leaves were sampled at five growth stages from field plots grown in 1990 and 1991 on Cu-deficient soil or soil treated with 12.2 kg Cu ha−1 as Cu sulphate. Symptoms of Cu deficiency, mainly rolling and wilting of young leaves and twisting and terminal dieback, were noted on Katepwa, Park and Roblin at Zadok growth stage 24. Significant (P ≤ 0.01) effects on Cu concentration in the YFEL were found due to cultivar, copper treatment, year and growth stage. The Cu concentrations in Katepwa, Park and Roblin not treated with Cu ranged between 4.6 and 5.7 μg g−1 in 1990 and between 2.8 and 3.5 μg g−1 in 1991 at Zadok growth stage 22. Cultivars Biggar, Columbus, Conway, Laura and Oslo did not show symptoms of Cu deficiency and had Cu concentrations in the range of 4.6–5.4 μg g−1 in 1990 and 2.3–3.1 μg g−1 in 1991. Deficiency symptoms were observed on Katepwa and Park supplied with Cu, although concentrations of Cu in the YFEL were relatively high. Grains sampled from the tillers generally had lower Cu concentrations than those from main stems, but the magnitude of this difference varied with the year. Significant correlations were found between Cu concentrations in the YFEL and grain yield (r = 0.90* in 1990 and 0.89* in 1991) and with floret fertility (r = 0.74* in 1990 and 0.94** in 1991). These large and significant correlations confirm the important role of Cu nutritional status in influencing floret fertility and grain yield. Critical levels of Cu in the leaves needed for unlimited growth could not be defined because of year-to-year variability. In this study, Cu concentration in the YFEL was not a useful indicator of potential Cu use efficiency in different wheat cultivars. However, for individual plants under Cu-deficiency stress, Cu concentration in the YFEL was a good indicator of the grain yield potential of different cultivars. Key words:Triticum aestivum, copper, youngest fully emerged leaves, tissue analysis


1984 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 17 ◽  
Author(s):  
MJ Pinthus ◽  
H Nerson

Leaf and spikelet initiation of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) was studied on plants grown in cabinets under a range of constant photoperiod regimes and on plants transferred, at different growth stages, between these regimes. The existence of genotypically specific limits to the effects of short photoperiods on the delay in floral initiation and on the increase in the number of spikelets was demonstrated. A long photoperiod applied after the onset of apex elongation, but not earlier, induced the differentiation of spikelets in the axils of already existing primordia, which under a short photoperiod would have developed into leaves. The initiation of the terminal spikelet was induced by a long photoperiod applied not later than the double ridge stage. The final number of spikelets had been determined by the time of swelling of the spikelet primordia in the central portion of the spike.


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