Relative contribution of shoot and ear photosynthesis to grain filling in wheat under good agronomical conditions assessed by differential organ δ13C

Summary We present a non-intrusive method to quantify the relative contribution of different photosynthetic organs to grain filling in cereals based on their discrimination among isotopes of carbon fixed, highlighting the key role of the ear.

• Publication year

  2014

• Venue

  Journal of Experimental Botany

• Publication date

  2014-07-22

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Medicine, Biology, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1093/jxb/eru298PMID 25053645PMCID 4157716
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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