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CARBON ISOTOPE DISCRIMINATION MAY PREDICT GRAIN YIELD IN DURUM WHEAT UNDER MEDITERRANEAN CONDITIONS


MERAH Othmane

Résumé:

Carbon isotope discrimination (Δ) has been proposed as a criterion for the indirect selection to improve transpiration efficiency and grain yield in bread wheat and barley. Less interest has been devoted to durum wheat (Triticum durum Desf.) despite its economic importance in the Mediterranean basin. The Δ genetic variation and its relationship with productivity in durum wheat is investigated in this study. For this purpose, field experiments were conducted under Mediterranean conditions (South of France) on … La suite