FIGURE 4.
Time to restore iWUE (TiWUE) (A–C) and limitation of iWUE by gs (gslimitiWUE) (D–F) of the step change from high to low light (1500 to 100 μmol m-2 s-1 PPFD) assessed for eight wheat genotypes over three key stage of development (GS31, GS41, and GS71). Time to restore iWUE was calculated with segmented regression, and estimated as the intercept between the two linear segments. The gs at the two iWUE intercepts was used to calculate the limitation of iWUE by gs by assuming an instantaneous stomatal closure after a high to low light transition. Data were analyzed by using two-way ANOVA [means separation was carried out with Duncan’s test (Supplementary Table 1)] and shown as means (n = 4–7).