Association of Shoot and Root Responses to Water Deficit in Young Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.) Plants.

ABSTRACT: Water deficit may occur at any stage of plant growth, with any intensity and duration. Phenotypic acclimation and the mechanism of adaptation vary with the evolutionary background of germplasm accessions and their stage of growth. Faba bean is considered sensitive to various kinds of drought. Hence, we conducted a greenhouse experiment in rhizotrons under contrasting watering regimes to explore shoot and root traits and drought avoidance mechanisms in young faba bean plants. Eight accessions were investigated for shoot and root morphological and physiological responses in two watering conditions with four replications. Pre-germinated seedlings were transplanted into rhizotron boxes filled with either air-dried or moist peat. The water-limited plants received 50-ml water at transplanting an

SUBMITTER: Belachew KY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6738164 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature