Exogenous application of glycine betaine improved water use efficiency in winter wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) via modulating photosynthetic efficiency and antioxidative capacity under conventional and limited irrigation conditions

Improving water use efficiency (WUE) is an important subject in agricultural irrigation for alleviating the scarcity of water resources in semiarid regions of the North China Plain. Moreover, glycine betaine (GB) is one of the most effective compatible solutes synthesized naturally in plants for enh...

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Main Authors: Nazir Ahmed, Yushi Zhang, Ke Li, Yuyi Zhou, Mingcai Zhang, Zhaohu Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2019-10-01
Series:Crop Journal
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214514119300546