Reduced Root Cortical Tissue with an Increased Root Xylem Investment Is Associated with High Wheat Yields in Central China
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Reduced Root Cortical Tissue with an Increased Root Xylem Investment Is Associated with High Wheat Yields in Central China. / Du, Pengzhen; Zhu, Yong He; Weiner, Jacob; Sun, Zhengli; Li, Huiquan; Feng, Tao; Li, Feng-Min.
I: Plants, Bind 13, Nr. 8, 1075, 2024.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Reduced Root Cortical Tissue with an Increased Root Xylem Investment Is Associated with High Wheat Yields in Central China
AU - Du, Pengzhen
AU - Zhu, Yong He
AU - Weiner, Jacob
AU - Sun, Zhengli
AU - Li, Huiquan
AU - Feng, Tao
AU - Li, Feng-Min
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2024 by the authors.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Trait-based approaches are increasingly used to understand crop yield improvement, although they have not been widely applied to anatomical traits. Little is known about the relationships between root and leaf anatomy and yield in wheat. We selected 20 genotypes that have been widely planted in Luoyang, in the major wheat-producing area of China, to explore these relationships. A field study was performed to measure the yields and yield components of the genotypes. Root and leaf samples were collected at anthesis to measure the anatomical traits relevant to carbon allocation and water transport. Yield was negatively correlated with cross-sectional root cortex area, indicating that reduced root cortical tissue and therefore reduced carbon investment have contributed to yield improvement in this region. Yield was positively correlated with root xylem area, suggesting that a higher water transport capacity has also contributed to increased yields in this study. The area of the leaf veins did not significantly correlate with yield, showing that the high-yield genotypes did not have larger veins, but they may have had a conservative water use strategy, with tight regulation of water loss from the leaves. This study demonstrates that breeding for higher yields in this region has changed wheat’s anatomical traits, reducing the roots’ cortical tissue and increasing the roots’ xylem investment.
AB - Trait-based approaches are increasingly used to understand crop yield improvement, although they have not been widely applied to anatomical traits. Little is known about the relationships between root and leaf anatomy and yield in wheat. We selected 20 genotypes that have been widely planted in Luoyang, in the major wheat-producing area of China, to explore these relationships. A field study was performed to measure the yields and yield components of the genotypes. Root and leaf samples were collected at anthesis to measure the anatomical traits relevant to carbon allocation and water transport. Yield was negatively correlated with cross-sectional root cortex area, indicating that reduced root cortical tissue and therefore reduced carbon investment have contributed to yield improvement in this region. Yield was positively correlated with root xylem area, suggesting that a higher water transport capacity has also contributed to increased yields in this study. The area of the leaf veins did not significantly correlate with yield, showing that the high-yield genotypes did not have larger veins, but they may have had a conservative water use strategy, with tight regulation of water loss from the leaves. This study demonstrates that breeding for higher yields in this region has changed wheat’s anatomical traits, reducing the roots’ cortical tissue and increasing the roots’ xylem investment.
KW - anatomical traits
KW - carbon allocation
KW - cortex area
KW - population yield
KW - Triticum aestivum
KW - water transport
KW - winter wheat
KW - xylem area
U2 - 10.3390/plants13081075
DO - 10.3390/plants13081075
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 38674484
AN - SCOPUS:85191739355
VL - 13
JO - Plants
JF - Plants
SN - 2223-7747
IS - 8
M1 - 1075
ER -
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