A customizable method to characterize Arabidopsis thaliana transpiration under drought conditions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Characterization of the dynamic response of plant transpiration to decreasing soil water content in a reproducible way is required for the correct phenotyping of traits related to water saving strategies. Nowadays, an increasing number of automated high throughput platforms are available, but their development requires a great economic investment and it is not always desirable/feasible to outsource these analyses. We propose a medium-throughput protocol to characterize transpiration responses to decreasing soil moisture in a quantitative and highly reproducible way with a minimum investment of resources.

Results

The quantitative characterization of plant responses to a decreasing soil water content using our phenotyping platform has showed high reproducibility bet

SUBMITTER: de Ollas C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6676626 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature