Journal article
Near‐Infrared Calibration of Soluble Stem Carbohydrates for Predicting Drought Tolerance in Spring Wheat
Agronomy journal, Vol.108(1), pp.285-293
01/2016
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/107898
Abstract
Soluble stem carbohydrates are a component of drought response in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and other grasses. Near‐infrared spectroscopy (NIR) can rapidly assay for soluble carbohydrates indirectly, but this requires a statistical model for calibration. The objectives of this study were: (i) to build a robust calibration between the NIR spectra and soluble carbohydrate concentration of ground wheat stems; and (ii) to determine whether soluble stem carbohydrates are correlated with yield rankings of drought‐stricken wheat grown in the northwestern United States. Five spring wheat cultivars were grown in field trials conducted at six environments in the state of Washington varying in annual precipitation from 212 to 474 mm. Wheat stems were harvested from all plots at the onset of grain fill and assayed for NIR reflectance. Soluble stem carbohydrates were determined on a subset of the samples. The NIR data were calibrated to soluble stem carbohydrates using multiple linear regression, partial least squares regression, ridge regression with best linear unbiased prediction, random forest, least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (lasso), elastic net, and Bayesian lasso regression. Partial least squares regression provided the most accurate and reliable predictions for soluble carbohydrates. Correlations between soluble stem carbohydrates and grain yield were consistent across environments (r = 0.904 and ρ = 0.80). The effect of environment on the variation in response variables was lower for soluble carbohydrates than yield (5.93 and 71.7%, respectively) across environments. These data provide evidence that stem carbohydrates can aid in selecting cultivars with enhanced drought resilience.
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- Title
- Near‐Infrared Calibration of Soluble Stem Carbohydrates for Predicting Drought Tolerance in Spring Wheat
- Creators
- Julia L Piaskowski - Washington State UnivDavid Brown - Washington State UnivKimberly Garland Campbell - USDA‐ARS
- Publication Details
- Agronomy journal, Vol.108(1), pp.285-293
- Academic Unit
- Crop and Soil Sciences, Department of
- Publisher
- The American Society of Agronomy, Inc
- Number of pages
- 9
- Grant note
- Natural Resources BioAg Project (110817001) USDA–ARS (53482122000300D) Washington Grains Commission Project (6451) WSU Center for Sustaining Agriculture
- Identifiers
- 99900547135401842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article