Kataria, S. and Guruprasad, K.N. (2012) Intraspecific variations in growth, yield and photosynthesis of sorghum varieties to ambient UV (280–400 nm) radiation. Plant Science. pp. 1-8.
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Abstract
A field study was conducted to investigate the impact of ambient solar UV on the various growth, physiological and yield parameters of four sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) varieties—Indore-12, Indore-26, CSV-23 and Indore-27 by excluding either UV-B (<315 nm) or UV-A/B (<400 nm) components of solar spectrum. Exclusion of UV significantly enhanced plant height, area and specific leaf weight of flag leaf, biomass accumulation, yield parameters and harvest index in all the sorghum varieties. Chlorophyll b was significantly enhanced and chlorophyll a increased to a lesser extent, UV-B absorbing substances and chlorophyll a/b ratio were significantly decreased by the exclusion of solar UV. The enhancement in the vegetative growth and yield by UV exclusion might be linked to the remarkable increase in rate of photosynthesis in sorghum varieties. The magnitude of the response was high in I-26 and I-27 as compared to CSV-23 and I-12 after exclusion of solar UV. All the varieties of sorghum had a negative cumulative stress response index (CSRI), the sensitivity of the sorghum varieties was in the following sequence I-12 > CSV-23 > I-26 > I-27. Thus I-27 was the most sensitive and I-12 the least sensitive variety to present level of solar UV radiation. The differences in UV sensitivity identified among sorghum varieties might be useful in breeding programs for increased tolerance to UV-B radiation
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Biomass; Intraspecific variation; Cumulative stress response index; UV radiation; Yield |
| Author Affiliation: | School of Life Sciences, Devi Ahilya University, Khandwa Road, Indore 452017, India |
| Subjects: | Plant Production Crop Improvement |
| Divisions: | Sorghum |
| Depositing User: | Mr. SanatKumar Behera |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Aug 2012 02:58 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Aug 2012 06:30 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2012.07.011 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/7302 |
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