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dc.contributor.author | Gebre, Endale | |
dc.contributor.author | Schluter, Urte | |
dc.contributor.author | Hedden, Peter | |
dc.contributor.author | Kunert, Karl J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-11-17T09:05:44Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-11-17T09:05:44Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.description.abstract | Eragrostis tef, a tall stature and highly nutritious cereal grown in East Africa, has a serious lodging problem that reduces its productivity considerably. Certain plant-growth regulators are known to restrict growth and consequently improve lodging resistance in cereals by affecting gibberellin biosynthesis. The effect on height of growth regulator chlormequat chloride (CCC) was determined for varieties Gea Lammie with a short phenotype and DZ-01-196 with a tall phenotype. Chlormequat chloride decreased plant height by 27% in Gea Lammie and by 46% in DZ-01-196. More detailed analysis of growth regulator application by including Paclobutrazol (PBZ) on the tall tef variety DZ-01-196 revealed that both CCC and PBZ reduced culm length, but had no effect on internode diameter. Chlormequat chloride at 100 mM especially reduced the length of the lowermost internodes. Treatment with CCC on the other hand did not increase panicle-bearing tillers, but grain yield in CCC-treated plants was comparable to non-treated control. The regulation of gibberellin biosynthesis could therefore be a key target for improving lodging resistance in Eragrostis tef. | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) | en_ZA |
dc.description.department | Plant Science | en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian | hb2016 | en_ZA |
dc.description.sponsorship | The Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research and Rothamsted International for providing a scholarship to Endale Gebre. | en_ZA |
dc.description.uri | http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/wcim20 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Endale Gebre, Urte Schlüter, Peter Hedden & Karl Kunert (2012) Gibberellin Biosynthesis Inhibitors Help Control Plant Height for Improving Lodging Resistance in E. Tef (Eragrostis tef) , Journal of Crop Improvement, 26:3, 375-388, DOI: 10.1080/15427528.2011.646056. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 1542-7528 (print) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1542-7536 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.1080/15427528.2011.646056 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/58126 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | Taylor and Francis | en_ZA |
dc.rights | © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an electronic version of an article published in Journal of Crop Improvement, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 375-388, 2012. doi : 10.1080/15427528.2011.646056. Journal of Crop Improvement is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.comloi/wcim20. | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Plant height | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Eragrostis tef | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Lodging resistance | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Plant growth regulators | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Chlormequat chloride (CCC) | en_ZA |
dc.subject | Paclobutrazol (PBZ) | en_ZA |
dc.title | Gibberellin biosynthesis inhibitors help control plant height for improving lodging resistance in E. Tef (Eragrostis tef) | en_ZA |
dc.type | Postprint Article | en_ZA |