Study objective:
Investigation of the physiological and metabolic response of six commercial wheat cultivars to transient water stress at the tillering and grain-filling stages.
Study results:
The tillering stage in wheat is more sensitive to droughts than the grain filling stage. The former stage was characterized by pronounced metabolic alterations also during recovery from the drought, and plants exhibited reduced transpiration (measured by Plantarray). Notably, cultivars varied considerably in their susceptibility to drought.
Published article:
Aidoo et. al., (2017) Metabolomics DOI:10.1007s11306-017-1267-y
