Journal
JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY AND CROP SCIENCE
Volume 205, Issue 2, Pages 157-167Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jac.12314
Keywords
drought; plant-microbe interactions; rhizodeposition; root traits; temperature; wheat yield
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- Grains Research and Development Cooperation [US00061]
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Drought and high temperature are major environmental stress factors threatening wheat production during grain filling stage resulting in substantial yield losses. Four wheat genotypes (Suntop, IAW2013, Scout and 249) were planted under two temperature levels (25 and 30 degrees C) and two water levels (15% and 25% soil moisture content). Wheat yield, leaf delta C-13, plant rhizodeposition, shoot biomass and root traits were examined. Low moisture (drought stress) and high temperature (heat stress) decreased the grain yield of all wheat genotypes, in particular 249, while combined drought and temperature stresses had the most pronounced negative effect on plant biomass and grain yield. Decreasing soil water availability decreased the allocation of plant-derived C to soil organic carbon (SOC) and to microbial biomass through rhizodeposition. Leaf delta C-13 decreased with increased yield, suggesting that higher yielding genotypes were less water stressed and allocated less C to SOC and microbial biomass through rhizodeposition. Wheat genotypes with lower root/shoot ratios and thinner roots were more efficient at assimilating C to the grain, while genotypes with higher root/shoot ratios and thicker roots allocated more C belowground through rhizodeposition at the expense of producing higher yield. Therefore, improving these traits for enhanced C allocation to wheat grain under variable environmental conditions needs to be considered.
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