More fertile florets and grains per spike can be achieved at higher temperature in wheat lines with high spike biomass and sugar content at booting

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 482-495

  Dreccer, M Fernanda ^a   Wockner, Kimberley B ^a   Palta, Jairo A ^a   McIntyre, C Lynne ^a,b   Borgognone, M Gabriela ^c   Bourgault, Maryse ^a   Reynolds, Matthew ^c   Miralles, Daniel J ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^c INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

floret; grain number; photoperiod; water soluble carbohydrates.

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INBREEDING; PHOTOPERIOD; SUGAR; WHEAT;

EID: 84897994573     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP13232     Document Type: Article

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