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AGRONOMY-BASEL
卷 11, 期 5, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/agronomy11050921
关键词
stomata; climate change; barley; photosynthesis; water use; kinetics; anatomy; yield
资金
- Perry Foundation
- University of Essex, School of Life Sciences
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [BB/1001187/1, BB/N021061/1, BB/S005404/1]
- Global Challenges Research Fund as part of TIGR2ESS: Transforming India's Green Revolution by Research and Empowerment for Sustainable food Supplies [BB/P027970]
- UKRI
Climate change may reduce water availability for crops, but agriculture already consumes a significant amount of water. Stomata play a crucial role in plants, with stomatal response speed to environmental changes being as important as maximal responses. Evidence suggests that traditional and wild barleys have untapped physiological responses that may be of interest to breeders.
Climate change from elevated [CO2] may reduce water availability to crops through changes in precipitation and higher temperatures. However, agriculture already accounts for 70% of human consumption of water. Stomata, pores in the leaf surface, mediate exchange of water and CO2 for the plant. In crops including barley, the speed of stomatal response to changing environmental conditions is as important as maximal responses and can thus affect water use efficiency. Wild barleys and landraces which predate modern elite lines offer the breeder the potential to find unexploited genetic diversity. This study aimed to characterize natural variation in stomatal anatomy and leaf physiology and to link these variations to yield. Wild, landrace and elite barleys were grown in a polytunnel and a controlled environment chamber. Physiological responses to changing environments were measured, along with stomatal anatomy and yield. The elite barley lines did not have the fastest or largest physiological responses to light nor always the highest yields. There was variation in stomatal anatomy, but no link between stomatal size and density. The evidence suggests that high photosynthetic capacity does not translate into yield, and that landraces and wild barleys have unexploited physiological responses that should interest breeders.
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