Singh, Bhupinder and Datta, P.S. (2010) Effect of low dose gamma irradiation on plant and grain nutrition of wheat. Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 79 . pp. 819-825.
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Abstract
We recently reported the use of low dose gamma irradiation to improve plant vigor, grain development and yield attributes of wheat (Singh and Datta, 2010). Further, we report here the results of a field experiment conducted to assess the effect of gamma irradiation at 0, 0.01, 0.03, 0.05, 0.07 and 0.1 kGy on flag leaf area, stomatal conductance, transpiration and photosynthetic rate and plant and grain nutritional quality. Gamma irradiation improved plant nutrition but did not improve the nutritional quality of grains particularly relating to micronutrients. Grain carotene, a precursor for vitamin A, was higher in irradiated grains. Low grain micronutrients seem to be caused by a limitation in the source to sink nutrient translocation rather than in the nutrient uptake capacity of the plant root.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL/DOI: | http://www.elsevier.com/locate/radphyschem |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Gamma irradiation; Wheat; Grain quality; Leaf area; photosynthetic rate; macro and micronutrients |
| Subjects: | Agricultural Sciences and Technology > Agricultural Physics Agricultural Sciences and Technology > Plant Genetic Resources Agricultural Sciences and Technology > Plant Physiology |
| Divisions: | NRL |
| ID Code: | 304 |
| Deposited By: | Dr. Sunil Kumar Tyagi |
| Deposited On: | 19 Feb 2011 09:29 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Feb 2011 09:29 |
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