Breeding for water use efficiency
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-1-2013
Abstract
Among environmental factors, drought is the principal factor that limits global agricultural production. Many global agricultural regions are already suffering serious problems with water shortage and this scenario suggests that greater efforts are required in the development of alternatives for sustainable agriculture, such as the selection of cultivars that are efficient in the use of water. Water use efficiency (WUE) is the most important component of drought adaptation. In this chapter, WUE will be emphasized because of its greater importance and the possibility of obtaining genotypes that respond to environmental improvement or to the availability of water when it occurs. For this purpose the following topics will be addressed: germplasm, genetic variability, relationship between characteristics, inheritance and maternal effect, oxidative stress, stress induction, selection strategies and breeding methods, and biotechnology applied to the breeding of WUE.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Plant Breeding for Abiotic Stress Tolerance
First Page
87
Last Page
102
Recommended Citation
De Almeida Silva, M., Santos, C., Labate, C., Guidetti-Gonzalez, S., De Santana Borges, J., Ferreira, L., Delima, R., & Fritsche-Neto, R. (2013). Breeding for water use efficiency. Plant Breeding for Abiotic Stress Tolerance, 87-102. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30553-5_6