High-throughput phenotyping reveals a link between transpiration efficiency and transpiration restriction under high evaporative demand and new loci controlling water use-related traits in African rice, Oryza glaberrima Steud.
P. Affortit, B. Effa Effa, M. S. Ndoye, D. Moukouanga, N. Luchaire, L. Cabrera-Bosquet, M. C. Peralvarez, R. Pilloni, C. Welcker, A. Champion, P. Gantet, A. G. Diedhiou, B. Manneh, R. Aroca, V. Vadez, , A. Grondin
The paper identifies genetic links between transpiration efficiency and restriction in African rice, finding heritable traits that could improve water use strategies in breeding.
bioRxiv · Nov 28, 2021 · PreprintPhysiology