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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"Transpiration efficiency"”.
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Determining transpiration efficiency of eight grain sorghum lines [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench]
Transpiration efficiency (TE) is defined as total biomass produced per unit of water transpired. Improvement of TE means maximizing crop production per unit of water used. The objectives of the study were to examine, at the leaf level and the whole plant level, the variation in TE for sorghum …
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A multifaceted approach to identifying targets for the improvement of water-use efficiency in Zea mays
… Current methods for quantifying water-use efficiency (WUE) in C4 crops are not able to screen large quantities of lines. Stable carbon isotope composition (δ13C) has been successfully used to breed for higher WUE in C3 crops. This has not been the case in C4 species due to their more …