Progress in breeding for improved water-use efficiency of rain-fed wheat is reviewed …

• Abstract
• Introduction
• Water-use efficiency as a breeding target
• Breeding for greater leaf-level water-use efficiency
• Greater early vigour to improve agronomic water-use efficiency
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgements
• References
• Figures
• Table

Table 1. Growth and yield of two sets of BC₂:F₅-derived wheat breeding lines contrasting for early vigour and sown at two locations in Western Australia in 1999 (from Botwright et al., 2002)

^a DAS, days after sowing.

^b May-November rainfall 453 mm at Wongan Hills, 274 mm at Merredin.

^c *P <0.05; ** P <0.01; *** P <0.001; n.s., not significant (for contrasts within locations).