Annals of Botany 88: 617-627, 2001
© 2001 Annals of Botany Company
Biomass Accumulation and Main Stem Elongation of Durum Wheat Grown under Mediterranean Conditions
Àrea de Cultius Extensius, Centre UdL-IRTA, Rovira Roure, 177, 25198, Lleida, Spain Departament de Producció Vegetal i Ciència Forestal, Universitat de Lleida, Rovira Roure, 177, 25198, Lleida, Spain
Received: 15 December 2000 ; Returned for revision: 26 February 2001 . Accepted: 27 June 2001
Detecting and exploiting genetic variation in biomass accumulation is of great importance for increasing wheat yield when the harvest index is close to its upper limit. This study was undertaken to analyse the pattern of biomass accumulation and main stem elongation in 25 durum wheat (Triticum turgidum L. ‘Durum’) genotypes. Field experiments were conducted over 2 years in two environments contrasting in the amount of available water, in northeastern Spain. Plants were sampled at the main stages of Zadoks' scale, and dry weight per plant, crop dry weight (CDW) and main stem length were measured at each stage. Measurements for growth traits and thermal time from sowing fitted better to an asymmetric logistic peak curve than to the Richards logistic model. Four biological variables were computed from the curve. Differences among curves describing changes in biomass were found to be greater between irrigated and rainfed sites than between years. Drought stress had less effect on main stem elongation than on biomass accumulation. Average dry weight per plant and CDW were reduced by drought by 42 and 38%, respectively, due mainly to similar reductions in the mean rate of growth of the two variables. In contrast, cycle length from sowing to the maximum values of dry weight per plant and CDW was only slightly modified by drought. Copyright 2001 Annals of Botany Company
Triticum turgidum L. ‘Durum’, durum wheat, biomass, crop dry weight, stem length, rate of growth, modelling, growth analysis, logistic peak curve
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