Inheritance of Carbon Isotope Discrimination in Bread Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.)

Rebetzke, G J; Richards, R A; Condon, Anthony G; Farquhar, Graham

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Inheritance of Carbon Isotope Discrimination in Bread Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.)

Date

2006

Authors

Rebetzke, G J

Richards, R A

Condon, Anthony G

Farquhar, Graham

Publisher

Springer

Abstract

Reliable selection of families with increased grain yield is difficult in breeding programs targeting water-limited environments. Carbon isotope discrimination (Δ) is negatively correlated with transpiration efficiency, and low Δ is being used for indir