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Comparing Selection Criteria to Select Grapevine Clones by Water Use Efficiency

Journal

AGRONOMY-BASEL
Volume 12, Issue 8, Pages -

Publisher

MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy12081963

Keywords

vitis; WUE; clonal selection; carbon isotope discrimination; photosynthesis; stomatal conductance; vid; breeding

Funding

  1. Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology (FEDER/Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovacion y Universidades-Agencia Estatal de Investigacion) [AGL2017-83738-C3-1-R]
  2. [PRE2019-089110]

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In this study, different parameters were used to evaluate the water use efficiency (WUE) in grapevine genotypes, with carbon isotopic discrimination (δC-13) showing potential as a better indicator due to its integration over the synthesis time of the sample analyzed.
The current climate change is forcing growth-adapted genotypes with a higher water use efficiency (WUE). However, the evaluation of WUE is being made by different direct and indirect parameters such as the instantaneous leaf WUE (WUEi) and isotopic discrimination of carbon (delta C-13) content of fruits. In the present work, WUE has been evaluated in these two ways in a wide collection of grapevine genotypes, including Tempranillo and Garnacha clones, and Tempranillo on different rootstocks (T-rootstocks). A total of 70 genotypes have been analysed in four experimental fields over two years. The parameters used to measure WUE were the bunch biomass isotopic discrimination (delta C-13) and the intrinsic WUE (WUEi), defined as the ratio between net CO2 assimilation and stomatal conductance. The genotypes with the highest and lowest WUE were identified, differences between them being found to be of more than 10%. Generally, the two parameters showed coincidences in the clones with the highest and lowest WUE, suggesting that both are valuable tools to classify genotypes by their WUE in grapevine breeding programs. However, delta C-13 seemed to be a better indicator for determining WUE because it represents the integration over the synthesis time of the sample analysed (mainly sugars from ripening grapes), which coincides with the driest period for the crop. Moreover, the WUEi is a variable parameter in the plant and it is more dependent on the environmental conditions. The present work suggests that carbon isotopic discrimination could be an interesting parameter for the clonal selection criteria in grapevines by WUE. The main reasons were its better discrimination between clones, the fact that sampling is less time-consuming and easier to do than WUEi, and that the samples can be stored for late determinations, increasing the number of samples that can be analysed.

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