Leaf rolling and leaf angle improve fog capturing and transport in wheat; adaptation for drought stress in an arid climate.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Plants use different mechanisms to transport the collected fog water. Leaf traits of wheat play an important role in directing fog water through leaf rolling and leaf angle into the root zone, where it can be stored for consumption. Wheat leaf traits can enhance fog capturing under drought stress. To examine this, 200 wheat genotypes were characterized for leaf rolling and leaf angle under optimal conditions in the field using a randomized complete block design. Seven different phenotypic combinations for leaf traits were observed. A core set of 44 genotypes was evaluated under drought stress.

Results

Results show that variability for leaf traits existed among genotypes. An association was found between leaf rolling and leaf angle, moisture capturing, physiologica

SUBMITTER: Merrium S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9110575 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature