Optimizing tiller production and survival for grain yield improvement in a bread wheat × spelt mapping population

Annals of Botany

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 51-66

  Xie, Quan ^a   Mayes, Sean ^a   Sparkes, Debbie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carpel; grain number; grain weight; QTL; quantitative trait locus; red far red ratio; spelt; stem water soluble carbohydrates; tillering; Triticum aestivum; Triticum spelta; wheat; yield

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CROP IMPROVEMENT; CROP YIELD; GENETIC VARIATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; OPTIMIZATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLEIOTROPY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHOOT; SURVIVAL; TILLERING; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM SUBSP. SPELTA;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BREAD; CHROMOSOMAL MAPPING; CROSS BREEDING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INBREEDING; LIGHT; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; PLANT SEED; PLANT STEM; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RADIATION RESPONSE; WHEAT;

BREAD; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; INBREEDING; LIGHT; PHENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT STEMS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEEDS; TRITICUM;

EID: 84954520550     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcv147     Document Type: Article

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