Review: Some physiological indices to be exploited as a crucial tool in plant breeding

Mohamed Hazem Kalaji

Department of Plant Physiology, Warsaw Agricultural University SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776, Warszawa, Poland (Poland)

Stefan Pietkiewicz

Department of Plant Physiology, Warsaw Agricultural University SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776, Warszawa, Poland (Poland)

Abstrakt

This article is mainly addressed to plant physiologists and breeders. Nowadays, the cooperation between these two groups seems to be more important than ever before. Plant physiology offers better understanding of mechanisms and factors responsible for plant yielding. Thus, it might help to find proper traits for plant selection. Plant breeding proposes highly differentiated material for testing.

Słowa kluczowe:

chlorophyll fluorescence, gas exchange, growth analysis, plant breeding, physiologica l indices, salt stress, selection criteria, yielding