Relationships between physiological traits, grain number and yield potential in a wheat DH population of large spike phenotype

Field Crops Research

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 126-135

  Gaju, Oorbessy ^a   Reynolds, Matthew P ^b   Sparkes, Debbie L ^a   Mayes, Sean ^a   Ribas Vargas, Gracia ^a   Crossa, José ^b   Foulkes, M John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Assimilate partitioning; Awns; Spike fertility; Tiller inhibition; Wheat breeding

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; GERMPLASM; HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT USE EFFICIENCY; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT BREEDING; TILLERING; WHEAT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84903690550     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2014.05.015     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Acreche M.M., Slafer G.A. Grain weight, radiation interception and use efficiency as affected by sink-strength in Mediterranean wheats released from 1940 to 2005. Field Crop Res. 2005, 110:98-105.
2. Aravinda Kumar B.N., Azam-Ali S.N., Snape J.W., Weightman R.M., Foulkes M.J. Relationships between carbon isotope discrimination and grain yield in winter wheat under well-watered and drought conditions. J. Agric. Sci. 2011, 149:257-272.
3. Atsmon D., Jacobs E. A newly bred 'Gigas' form of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Morphological features and thermo-photoperiodic responses. Crop Sci. 1977, 17:31-35.
4. Austin R.B. Yield of wheat in the United Kingdom: recent advances and prospects. Crop Sci. 1999, 39:1604-1610.
5. Berry P.M., Sterling M., Spink J.H., Baker C.J., Sylvester-Bradley R., Mooney S.J., Tams A.R., Ennos A.R. Understanding and reducing lodging in cereals. Adv. Agron. 2004, 84:217-271.
6. Borghi B., Corbellini M., Cattaneo M., Fornasari M.A., Zuccchelli L. Modification of the source/sink relationship in bread wheat and its influence on grain yield and protein content. J. Agron. Crop Sci. 1986, 157:245-254.
7. Borras L., Slafer G.A., Otegui M.E. Seed dry weight response to source sink manipulation in wheat, maize and soybean: a quantitative reappraisal. Field Crop Res. 2004, 86:131-146.
8. Bustos D.V., Hasan A.K., Reynolds M.P., Calderini D.F. Combining high grain number and weight through a DH population to improve grain yield potential of wheat in high-yielding environments. Field Crop Res. 2013, 145:106-115.
9. Clarke S., Sylvester-Bradley R., Foulkes J., Ginsburg D., Gaju O., Werner P., Jack P., Flatman E., Smith-Reeve L. Adapting wheat to global warming or 'ERYCC' earliness and resilience for yield in a changing climate. HGCA Research and Development Report 496 2012, Home-Grown Cereals Authority, London.
10. Dencic S. Designing a wheat ideotype with increased sink capacity. Plant Breeding 1994, 112:311-317.
11. Duggan B.L., Richards R.A., van Herwaarden A.F., Fettell N.A. Agronomic evaluation of a tiller inhibition gene (tin) in wheat. I. Effect of yield, yield components and grain protein. Aust. J. Agric. Res. 2005, 56:169-178.
12. Ellis M.H., Spielmeyer W., Gale K.R., Rebetzke G.J., Richards R.A. "Perfect" markers for the Rht-B1b and Rht-D1b dwarfing genes in wheat. Theor. Appl. Genet. 2002, 105:1038-1042.
13. Fischer R.A. Understanding the physiological basis of yield potential in wheat. J. Agric. Sci. (Camb.) 2007, 145:99-113.
14. Fischer R.A. Growth and yield of wheat. Potential Productivity of Field Crops Under Different Environments 1983, 129-154. Phillipines International Rice Research Institute, Los Banõs. W.H. Smith, S.J. Bante (Eds.).
15. Fischer R.A., Rees D., Sayre K.D., Lu Z.M., Condon A.G., Larque Saavedra A. Wheat yield progress associated with high stomatal conductance and photosynthetic rate, and cooler canopies. Crop Sci. 1998, 38:1467-1475.
16. Foulkes M.J., Reynolds M.P., Sylvester-Bradley R. Genetic improvement of grain crops: yield potential. Crop Physiology Applications for Genetic Improvement and Agronomy 2009, 235-256. Elsevier, The Netherlands. V.O. Sadras, D. Calderini (Eds.).
17. Foulkes M.J., Slafer G.A., Davies W.J., Berry P.M., Sylvester-Bradley R., Martre P., Calderini D.F., Griffiths S., Reynolds M.P. Raising yield potential of wheat. III. Optimizing partitioning to grain while maintaining lodging resistance. J. Exp. Bot. 2011, 62:469-486.
18. Gaju O., Reynolds M.P., Sparkes D.L., Foulkes M.J. Relationships between large-spike phenotype, grain number, and yield potential in spring wheat. Crop Sci. 2009, 49:961-973.
19. Gay A.P., Stokes D.J., Weightman R.M., Sylvester-Bradley R. How to Run a Reference crop. HGCA Research and Development Project Report 151 1998, 151. Home-Grown Cereals Authority, London.
20. Ghiglione O.G., Gonzalez F.G., Serrago R., Maldonado S.B., Chilcott C., Cura J.A., Miralles D.J., Zhu T., Cassel J.J. Autophagy regulated by day length determines the number of fertile florets in wheat. Plant J. 2008, 55:1010-1024.
21. Laurie D.A., Bennett M.D. Wheat×maize hybridisation. Can. J. Genet. Cytol. 1986, 28:313-316.
22. Miralles D.J., Slafer G.A. Sink limitations to yield in wheat: how could it be reduced?. J. Aric. Sci. (Camb.) 2007, 145:99-113.
23. Monteith J.R. Solar radiation and productivity in tropical ecosystems. J. Appl. Ecol. 1972, 9:747-766.
24. Motzo R., Giunta F., Deidda M. Expression of a tiller inhibitor gene in the progenies of interspecific crosses Triticum aestivum L.×T. turgidum subsp. durum. Field Crop Res. 2004, 85:15-20.
25. Peltonen-Sainio P., Jauhiainen L., Laurila I.P. Cereal yield trends in northern European conditions: changes in yield potential and its realisation. Field Crop Res. 2009, 110:85-90.
26. Rajaram S., Reynolds M.P. International wheat breeding. Abstracts of XVIth EUCARPIA Congress, 'Plant Breeding: Sustaining the Future' 2001.
27. Reynolds M.P., Foulkes M.J., Furbank R., Griffiths S., King J., Murchie M., Parry M., Slafer G. Achieving yield gains in wheat. Plant Cell Enviorn. 2012, 35:1799-1823.
28. Reynolds M., Bonnett D., Chapman S.C., Furbank R.T., Manès Y., Mather D.E., Parry M.A.J. Raising yield potential of wheat. I. Overview of a consortium approach and breeding strategies. J. Exp. Bot. 2011, 62:532-549.
29. Reynolds M., Foulkes M.J., Slafer G.A., Berry P., Parry M.A.J., Snape J.W., Angus W.J. Raising yield potential in wheat. J. Exp. Bot. 2009, 60:1899-1918.
30. Reynolds M.P., Pellegrineschi A., Skovmand B. Sink limitation to yield and biomass: a summary of investigations in spring wheat. Ann. Appl. Biol. 2005, 146:39-49.
31. Reynolds M.P., Rajaram S., Sayre K.D. Physiological and genetic changes of irrigated wheat in the post-green revolution period and approaches for meeting projected global demand. Crop Sci. 1999, 39:1611-1621.
32. Richards R.A. A tiller inhibitor gene in wheat and its effect on plant growth. Aust. J. Agric. Res. 1988, 39:749-757.
33. Rosegrant M.W., Agcaoili M. Global Food Demand, Supply, and Price Prospects to 2010 2010, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, USA.
34. Savin R., Slafer G.A. Shading effects in the yield of an Argentinean wheat cultivar. J. Agric. Sci. (Camb.) 1991, 116:1-7.
35. Sayre K.D., Rajaram S., Fischer R.A. Yield potential progress in short bread wheats in northwest Mexico. Crop Sci. 1997, 37:36-42.
36. Shearman V.J., Sylvester-Bradley R., Scott R.K., Foulkes M.J. Physiological processes associated with wheat yield progress in UK. Crop Sci. 2005, 45:175-185.
37. Slafer, Andrade G.A.F.H. Physiological attributes related to the generation of grain yield in bread wheat cultivars released at different eras. Field Crop Res. 1993, 31:351-367.
38. Slafer G.A., Savin R. Source-sink relationships and grain mass at different positions within the spike in wheat. Field Crop Res. 1994, 37:39-49.
39. Spielmeyer W., Richards R. Comparative mapping of wheat chromosome 1AS which contains the tiller inhibition gene (tin) with rice chromosome 5S. Theor. Appl. Genet. 2004, 109:1303-1310.
40. Tottman D.R., Broad H. The decimal code for the growth stages of cereals with illustrations. Ann. Appl. Biol. 1987, 110:441-454.
41. Yemm E.W., Willis A.J. The estimation of carbohydrates in plant extracts by anthrone. Biochem. J. 1954, 57:508-514.
42. Zhou Y., He Z.H., Suic X.X., Xiaa X.C., Zhang X.K., Zhang G.S. Genetic improvement of grain yield and associated traits in the northern china winter wheat region from 1960 to 2000. Crop Sci. 2000, 47:245-253.