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Population, Growth and Water Use of Groundnut Maintained on Stored Water. III. Dry Matter, Water Use and Light Interception

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

S. N. Azam-Ali ,
L. P. Simmonds ,
R. C. Nageswara Rao  and
J. H. Williams
S. N. Azam-Ali
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology and Environmental Science, University of Nottingham School of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough, Leics. LE12 5RD, England
L. P. Simmonds
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology and Environmental Science, University of Nottingham School of Agriculture, Sutton Bonington, Loughborough, Leics. LE12 5RD, England
R. C. Nageswara Rao
Affiliation:
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru PO, Andhra Pradesh 502 324, India
J. H. Williams
Affiliation:
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Patancheru PO, Andhra Pradesh 502 324, India
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Summary

At a field site in central India, four populations of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) were grown on stored water to investigate how the production of shoot and root dry matter is related to transpired water and intercepted radiation. Throughout the season, total dry matter was closely related to transpiration (slope = 3.0 mg dry matter g−1 water) and the amount of radiation intercepted by foliage (slope = 0.74 g dry matter MJ−1 radiation intercepted). Accumulated transpiration increased linearly with intercepted radiation at 0.37 kg water MJ−1 in the sparser stands. In the densest spacing, the initial slope of the relation at 0.28 kg MJ−1 decreased later in the season because water deficits curtailed growth without a concomitant reduction in the interception of radiation.

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Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , January 1989 , pp. 77 - 86
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989

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