Title
Radiation interception, conversion and partitioning efficiency in potato landraces: How far are we from the optimum?
Date Issued
01 June 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
International Potato Center
International Potato Center
International Potato Center
International Potato Center
International Potato Center
Publisher(s)
MDPI AG
Abstract
Crop efficiencies associated with intercepted radiation, conversion into biomass and allocation to edible organs are essential for yield improvement strategies that would enhance genetic properties to maximize carbon gain without increasing crop inputs. The production of 20 potato landraces—never studied before—was analyzed for radiation interception (εi ), conversion (εc ) and partitioning (εp ) efficiencies. Additionally, other physiological traits related to senescence delay (normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI)slp ), tuberization precocity (tu), photosynthetic performance and dry tuber yield per plant (TY) were also assessed. Vegetation reflectance was remotely acquired and the efficiencies estimated through a process-based model parameterized by a time-series of airborne imageries. The combination of εi and εc, closely associated with an early tuber maturity and a NDVIslp explained 39% of the variability grouping the most productive genotypes. TY was closely correlated to senescence delay (rPearson = 0.74), indicating the usefulness of remote sensing methods for potato yield diversity characterization. About 89% of TY was explained by the first three principal components, associated mainly to tu, εc and εi, respectively. When comparing potato with other major crops, its εp is very close to the theoretical maximum. These findings suggest that there is room for improving εi and εc to enhance potato production.
Start page
1
End page
17
Volume
9
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento Ciencias de las plantas, Botánica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85086878505
Source
Plants
ISSN of the container
22237747
Sponsor(s)
Funding: This research was supported under funds from the CGIAR Research Programs on Root, Tuber and Bananas (RTB). It was conducted and received complementary founds from the the Project grant N◦ 016-2015-INIA-PNIA/UPMSI/IE “Uso efectivo del agua en el cultivo de papa en zonas aridas: Mejorando el manejo del riego mediante monitoreo de estatus hidrico para enfrentar el Cambio Climatico”.
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