Comparing Selection Criteria to Select Grapevine Clones by Water Use Efficiency
The current climate change is forcing growth-adapted genotypes with a higher water use efficiency (WUE). However, the evaluation of WUE is being made by different direct and indirect parameters such as the instantaneous leaf WUE (WUE) and isotopic discrimination of carbon (δC) content of fruits. In the present work, WUE has been evaluated in these two ways in a wide collection of grapevine genotypes, including Tempranillo and Garnacha clones, and Tempranillo on different rootstocks (T-rootstocks). A total of 70 genotypes have been analysed in four experimental fields over two years. The parameters used to measure WUE were the bunch biomass isotopic discrimination (δC) and the intrinsic WUE (WUE), defined as the ratio between net CO assimilation and stomatal conductance. The genotypes with the highest and lowest WUE were identified, differences between them being found to be of more than 10%. Generally, the two parameters showed coincidences in the clones with the highest and lowest WUE, suggesting that both are valuable tools to classify genotypes by their WUE in grapevine breeding programs. However, δC seemed to be a better indicator for determining WUE because it represents the integration over the synthesis time of the sample analysed (mainly sugars from ripening grapes), which coincides with the driest period for the crop. Moreover, the WUE is a variable parameter in the plant and it is more dependent on the environmental conditions. The present work suggests that carbon isotopic discrimination could be an interesting parameter for the clonal selection criteria in grapevines by WUE. The main reasons were its better discrimination between clones, the fact that sampling is less time-consuming and easier to do than WUE, and that the samples can be stored for late determinations, increasing the number of samples that can be analysed.
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| Format: | artículo biblioteca |
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Molecular Diversity Preservation International
2022-08-19
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| Subjects: | Vitis, WUE, Clonal selection, Carbon isotope discrimination, Photosynthesis, Stomatal conductance, Vid, Breeding, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/287721 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 |
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