Drought Resistance Mechanism and Adaptation to Water Stress in Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]

Author(s):  
Rajani Verma ◽  
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Ramesh Kumar ◽  
Dr. Anamika Nath ◽  
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2020 ◽  
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Megha Tittal ◽  
Rayees Ahmad Mir ◽  
Keshav Singh Jatav ◽  
Rajiv Mohan Agarwal

Irriga ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 81-88
Author(s):  
Carlos Augusto Lima Porto ◽  
Antonio Evaldo Klar ◽  
José Vicente Vasconcelos

EFEITOS DO DÉFICIT HÍDRICO EM PARÂMETROS FISIOLÓGICOS DE FOLHAS DE SORGO (Sorghum bicolor, L.)  Carlos Augusto Lima PortoAntonio Evaldo Klar(2)José Vicente VasconcelosDepartamento de Engenharia Rural – Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas – UNESPFone: (014) 821-3883  Fax: (014) 821-343818603-97’ – Botucatu - SP  1 RESUMO O experimento foi conduzido em casa de vegetação no Departamento de Engenharia Rural da Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas - UNESP/Botucatu, SP, com delineamento experimental inteiramente casualizado, com 12 repetições. A cultura do sorgo (Sorghum bicolor, L.) foi plantada em vasos que continham 8,0 kg de solo (base em peso de solo seco), pertencente ao grande grupo Terra Roxa Estruturada para os dois tratamentos: a) plantas submetidas a défices  hídricos, sendo irrigadas quando o potencial de água no solo chegava a -1,5 MPa, elevando-o às imediações de -0,01 MPa), e b) plantas irrigadas constantemente por capilaridade. Todas as plantas foram irrigadas aos 55 dias após a emergência e os parâmetros avaliados foram: condutância estomática, potencial de água e teor relativo de água nas folhas mais novas totalmente expandidas, com determinações diárias entre as onze e treze horas, até que o potencial de água no solo atingisse valores em torno de -1,5 MPa. Da análise geral dos dados obtidos, pode-se inferir que a variação no status de água na folha observado através do potencial e do teor relativo de água nas folhas pode ser utilizado para indicar o momento de irrigar; ainda estas medições podem ser indicativas das plantas ou cultivares de sorgo que se mostram mais tolerantes à seca e que o mecanismo de adaptação é o  “avoidance”. UNITERMOS: Condutividade estomática, potencial de água na folha, teor relativo de água na folha,  tolerância à seca.  PORTO, C. A . L.., KLAR, A. E. , VASCONCELLOS, V. J.  Water deficit on physiological parameters of soybean  leaves (Sorghum bicolor L).  2 ABSTRACT A study was carried out at Agricultural Engineering Department, UNESP, Botucatu - SP, with a sorghum crop (Sorghum bicolor, L.) in order to physiologically evaluate the crop response to drought. A completely random design with twelve replications were used. Pots with 8 kg of a medium texture soil (dry weight basis) were used in order to test the influence of the two treatments: a) plants being submitted to a water stress, where irrigation were done when the water potential in the soil (s) were -1,5 MPa, raising it to about -0,01 MPa, and b) plants being always irrigated by capillary. The parameters evaluated were water vapor stomata conductivity, water potential  and relative water content in the leaves.  All plants were irrigated at 55 days after emergency, with daily determinations from eleven AM to thirteen PM, until soil water potential reaches around -1,5MPa. From the general data analysis, it can be inferred that there was a significant variation in the water status in the leaves by determinations of water potential and relative water content in the leaves, indicating that the method may be used to indicate the moment of irrigation and the plants and cultivars more tolerant to drought.  Sorghum plants showed adaptation to water stress under avoidance mechanism. KEYWORDS: Stomata conductivity, water potential in the leaves, relative water content, drought tolerance.


2015 ◽  
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pp. 3257-3263 ◽  
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2002 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
Traci L. Brenly-Bultemeier ◽  
Jeff Stachler ◽  
S. Kent Harrison

A population of shattercane (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) located in Fairfield County, Ohio, was investigated for herbicide resistance after it persisted in a field that had been treated repeatedly with herbicides that inhibit acetolactate synthase (ALS). Herbicide bioassays confirmed cross-resistance of the suspected resistant (R) population to the ALS inhibitors nicosulfuron, primisulfuron, and imazethapyr. Herbicide doses required to reduce R shattercane shoot dry weight 50% (i.e., the GR50 values) were > 35,000, > 40,000, and 34,215 g ai/ha for nicosulfuron, primisulfuron, and imazethapyr, respectively. In contrast, GR50 values for the same herbicides applied to a susceptible (S) shattercane population from an adjacent county were 0.185, 0.025, and 0.038 g/ha, respectively. The high levels of resistance exhibited by the R population suggest that the resistance mechanism is due to one or more alterations in ALS, the herbicide target site. Effective management of ALS herbicide-resistant shattercane will require an integrated strategy designed to isolate the R population and deplete its soil seed bank while minimizing herbicide selection pressure. Accepted for publication 14 October 2002. Published 21 October 2002.


1990 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 67 ◽  
Author(s):  
MM Ludlow ◽  
JM Santamaria ◽  
S Fukai

The contribution of osmotic adjustment to grain yield in Sorghum bicolor (L.) subjected to water stress between anthesis and maturity was studied using six entries. Three of the entries (Goldrush, E57, and DK470) were selected for high osmotic adjustment and the other three (Texas 610SR, Texas 671, and SC 219-9-19-1) for low osmotic adjustment, and divided into early, intermediate and late maturity groups. Entries were either well watered, or subjected to a 50-day period of water shortage after anthesis following being well-watered prior to anthesis. Entries selected for high osmotic adjustment had mean values of osmotic adjustment at the end of the post-anthesis stress more than double those selected for low osmotic adjustment. The corresponding mean grain yield of entries with high osmotic adjustment were 24% higher than that of entries with low osmotic adjustment. The higher yield was due to both more and larger grains, and it was associated with higher harvest index and distribution index. At best, the difference in dry matter at maturity could explain only a few per cent of the difference in grain yield between entries with low and high osmotic adjustment. Water stress prior to anthesis (previous paper) reduced yield more than a post-anthesis stress of the same intensity. However, osmotic adjustment was equally effective in minimizing the reduction in grain yields in both stages. The use of osmotic adjustment as a selection trait in programs to improve the yield of grain sorghum is briefly discussed.


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