Contrasting Root and Photosynthesis Traits in a Large-Acreage Canadian Durum Variety and Its Distant Parent of Algerian Origin for Assembling Drought/Heat Tolerance Attributes

In Canada, the world's top exporter of high-protein durum, varietal development over its nearly six-decade history has been driven by a quest for yield improvement without compromise on grain protein content and other quality aspects. Pelissier, a landrace selection from Algeria that was introd...

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Main Authors: Paula Ashe, Hamid Shaterian, Leonid Akhov, Manoj Kulkarni, Gopalan Selvaraj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Chemistry
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fchem.2017.00121/full