Posts in Water Stress
Breeding hardier crops for Saskatchewan - Dynamic phenotyping to dissect component of water stress in wheat

The main objectives of this project are to establish a high throughput phenotyping system, to analyze variation in Nested Association Mapping population founder lines of wheat to identify the genotypes better able to transpire and continue photosynthesizing under water stress, to map the underlying quantitative variation controlling biomass accumulation under water stress and to evaluate the stress resilient material in field trails comparing performance under irrigated and non-irrigated conditions.

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