Abstract
Waterlogging is a serious environmental stress on winter wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) grown in the Gulf Coast region. We hypothesized that waterlogging tolerance differs in currently available lines and cultivars and that suitability of physiological parameters to distinguish yield responses could be evaluated. Three types of studies were conducted: a 2‐yr greenhouse study of eight cultivars, a 4‐yr irrigated field study of 20 cultivars and breeding lines, and a 3‐yr field study of six cultivars under rain‐excluding shelters which allowed comparison of performance under waterlogged and well‐drained conditions. In the rainshelter study, waterlogging caused a 45% decrease in grain weight, resulting from a 45% decrease in number of kernels and a 5% decrease in kernel weight. Cultivars differed for grain yield under waterlogged conditions in the field ( P = 0.1), and Coker 9877 and line LA 862A16‐3‐3‐X yielded 32 and 33% above the mean, respectively. Greenhouse measures of photosynthesis under waterlogging were weakly predictive of yield ( r 2 = 0.61) and correlated to measures under well‐drained conditions ( r 2 = 0.87). Yield was well correlated with biomass ( r 2 = 0.84) and root mineral content (Fe + Mn + P) ( r 2 = 0.94). Waterlogged yields × cultivar did not correlate with yield under well‐drained conditions ( r 2 = 0.14) and the same differential response to waterlogging was shown for biomass and root mineral content. The negative correlation between root mineral content and yield was attributed to processes involved in the formation of a mineral plaque on the surface of the wheat roots. This emphasizes the need to explore differences in root function when selecting wheat lines for enhanced waterlogging tolerance.
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Claim · model-written summary
Waterlogging decreased grain weight by 45%.
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- wheat
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- decreasee0
- Value
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- Comparator
- well‐drained conditionse1
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e0“waterlogging caused a 45% decrease in grain weight”
e1“waterlogged and well‐drained conditions”
t0“Wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
Waterlogging decreased kernel number by 45%.
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- decreasee0
- Value
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- Comparator
- well‐drained conditionse2
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e0“a 45% decrease in number of kernels”
e1“waterlogging caused”
e2“waterlogged and well‐drained conditions”
t0“Wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
Waterlogging decreased kernel weight by 5%.
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- Comparator
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e0“a 5% decrease in kernel weight”
e1“waterlogging caused”
e2“waterlogged and well‐drained conditions”
t0“Wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
Cultivars differed in waterlogged field grain yield.
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- wheat
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e0“Cultivars differed for grain yield under waterlogged conditions in the field ( P = 0.1)”
t0“Wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
Coker 9877 yielded 32% above the mean.
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e0“Coker 9877 and line LA 862A16‐3‐3‐X yielded 32 and 33% above the mean, respectively”
e1“32 and 33%”
t0“Wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
LA 862A16‐3‐3‐X yielded 33% above the mean.
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- Wheat
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e0“Coker 9877 and line LA 862A16‐3‐3‐X yielded 32 and 33% above the mean, respectively”
t0“Wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
Greenhouse photosynthesis under waterlogging weakly predicted yield.
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Triticum aestivumt0 - Treatment
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- yielde0
- Value
- r 2 = 0.61e0
- Qualifier
- weakly predictivee0
- Setting
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e0“Greenhouse measures of photosynthesis under waterlogging were weakly predictive of yield ( r 2 = 0.61)”
t0“Wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
Photosynthesis under waterlogging correlated with well-drained measures.
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- Wheat
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- r 2 = 0.87e0
- Comparator
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e0“correlated to measures under well‐drained conditions ( r 2 = 0.87)”
e1“photosynthesis under waterlogging”
t0“Wheat”
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Yield correlated with biomass.
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- r 2 = 0.84e0
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- biomasse0
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e0“Yield was well correlated with biomass ( r 2 = 0.84)”
e1“the same differential response to waterlogging”
t0“Wheat”
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Yield correlated with root mineral content.
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- Outcome
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- r 2 = 0.94e0
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e0“Yield was well correlated with biomass ( r 2 = 0.84) and root mineral content (Fe + Mn + P) ( r 2 = 0.94)”
t0“Wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
Waterlogged cultivar yields did not correlate with well-drained yields.
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- Wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Outcome
- Waterlogged yieldse0
- Value
- r 2 = 0.14e0
- Comparator
- yield under well‐drained conditionse0
Not reportedDirection
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e0“Waterlogged yields × cultivar did not correlate with yield under well‐drained conditions ( r 2 = 0.14)”
t0“Wheat”
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Biomass showed the same differential response to waterlogging.
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- Wheat
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- waterlogginge0
- Outcome
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- differential responsee0
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e0“the same differential response to waterlogging was shown for biomass and root mineral content”
t0“Wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
Root mineral content showed the same differential response to waterlogging.
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- Wheat
Triticum aestivumt0 - Organ / stage
- roote0
- Treatment
- waterlogginge0
- Outcome
- root mineral contente0
- Direction
- differential responsee0
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e0“the same differential response to waterlogging was shown for biomass and root mineral content”
t0“Wheat”
Claim · model-written summary
The negative root mineral content-yield correlation was attributed to mineral plaque formation.
- Taxon
- wheat
Triticum aestivume0 - Outcome
- negative correlation between root mineral content and yielde0
- Qualifier
- formation of a mineral plaque on the surface of the wheat rootse0
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e0“The negative correlation between root mineral content and yield was attributed to processes involved in the formation of a mineral plaque on the surface of the wheat roots”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend exploring root function when selecting waterlogging-tolerant lines.
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- wheat
Triticum aestivume0 - Outcome
- explore differences in root function when selecting wheat lines for enhanced waterlogging tolerancee0
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e0“the need to explore differences in root function when selecting wheat lines for enhanced waterlogging tolerance”
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