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Drought Tolerant Criterion of Wheat Genotypes Using Carbon Isotopes Discrimination Technique



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Burhanuddin Rasyid, Muhammad Ubaidullah Shirazi, Joseph Adu Gyamfi, T. Ram and Hamid Bachiri

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DOI:10.17265/2159-581X/2015. 01. 005

Drought tolerant analysis using carbon isotopes discrimination could be useful tool to decide a genotype with high adaptation to drought. A pot culture experiment was conducted in glass house at the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) laboratories, Seibersdorf, Austria to analyze drought tolerant of wheat genotype using carbon isotopes discrimination technique. Four wheat genotypes viz., LU-26s, Bhittai, Roshan, Taifu, were tested. There were two treatments: Control (normal irrigation) and Drought (@ 30% field capacity of the control treatment). Drought treatment was imposed after two weeks of germination. The experiment was continued up to 10 weeks after germination and was terminated at flowering stage. The data were recorded in terms of plant height, number of tillers, shoot dry weight and carbon isotopic ratio (δ). Results showed that genotype LU-26s was found to have best performance under drought condition, with minimum decrease in the growth parameters i.e., plant height, number of tillers and shoot dry weight. High CID (carbon isotopes discrimination) values were also observed in genotype LU-26s, showing close positive correlation between SDW (shoot dry weight) and CID. It is therefore concluded that carbon isotopes discrimination can be an important criterion for the selection of wheat genotypes for drought prone areas.

Drought tolerant, carbon isotopes discrimination, wheat genotypes