Skirycz, A. and Vandenbroucke, K. and Clauw, P. and Maleux, K. and et al, . (2011) Survival and growth of Arabidopsis plants given limited water are not equal. Nature Biotechnology, 29 (3). pp. 212-214.
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Abstract
Although drought tolerance is a central concern of plant research, the translatability for crop improvement is relatively low. Here we report on a major contributing factor to this lack of success. Drought tolerance is predominately scored based on an improved survival rate under lethal conditions that, as demonstrated by our study, does not predict superior growth performance and, thus, biomass yield gain, under moderate drought often encountered in the field.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Author Affiliation: | Department of Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium |
| Subjects: | Crop Improvement > Biotechnology |
| Divisions: | Other Crops |
| Depositing User: | David T |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Jun 2011 05:12 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Jun 2011 05:12 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nbt.1800 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/2207 |
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