In search for drought-tolerant soybean : is the slow-wilting phenotype more than just a curiosity?

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Kunert, Karl J.
Vorster, Barend Juan

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Oxford University Press

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Slow canopy wilting in response to decreased soil moisture is a complex conservation trait in soybean that is likely to involve multiple mechanisms. This trait is potentially extremely important in the development of more drought-tolerant crops, but it remains poorly characterized. Using QTL mapping, Ye et al. (2019) have shown that slow-wilting in soybean is associated with drought tolerance and involves at least two distinct waterconservation mechanisms.

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Aquaporins, Delayed wilting response, Drought tolerance, Drought-tolerant soybean, Slow-wilting phenotype, Slow-wilting soybean, Slow wilting QTL, Water-conservation mechanism

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Kunert, K. & Vorster, B.J. 2020, 'In search for drought-tolerant soybean : is the slow-wilting phenotype more than just a curiosity?', Journal of Experimental Botany, vol. 71, no. 2 pp. 457–460.