Wheat cultivars can be screened for NaCl salinity tolerance by measuring leaf chlorophyll content and shoot sap potassium

• Published in: Functional plant biology : FPB Vol. 37; no. 7; pp. 656 - 664
• Main Authors: Cuin, Tracey Ann, Parsons, David, Shabala, Sergey
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Collingwood, Victoria: CSIRO Publishing 2010
• Subjects: agronomic traits; artificial selection; chlorophyll; cultivars; germplasm screening; phenotypic variation; plant biochemistry; plant breeding; potassium; salt tolerance; sap; selection criteria; statistical analysis; Triticum aestivum

An efficient screening procedure is essential for breeding for salinity-tolerant crops, but there is no consensus regarding the best approach. While some authors argue that the selection of tolerant genotypes should be undertaken under field conditions, others believe that field-based trials for sal...