Transpiration and water use efficiency of sorghum canopies have a large genetic variability and are positively related under naturally high evaporative demand.
R. Pilloni, A. Kakkera, Z. El Ghazzal, S. Kar, A. A. Kumar, A. Hajjarpoor, P. Affortit, W. Ribiere, J. Kholova, F. Tardieu, V. Vadez
The paper examines genetic variability in sorghum transpiration and water use efficiency under varying evaporative demand, finding a positive correlation between transpiration and WUE in high evaporative demand conditions.
bioRxiv · Sep 21, 2022 · PreprintPhysiology