Identifying traits for improving sink strength is a bottleneck to increasing wheat yield. The
interacting processes determining sink strength and yield potential are reviewed and …

Studies across different crops demonstrated that grain or seed number per unit area (GN m–
2) is the dominant yield component. Although grains or seeds derive from floret or flower …

Wheat yield is frequently analysed in terms of yield components (spikes per m 2, grains per
spike, grain size), and correlations between components are commonly reported, but …

Wheat provides 20% of calories and protein consumed by humans. Recent genetic gains
are< 1% per annum (pa), insufficient to meet future demand. The Wheat Yield Consortium …

The flowers of major cereals are arranged on reproductive branches known as spikelets,
which group together to form an inflorescence. Diversity for inflorescence architecture has …

Achieving the combination of high water use efficiency (WUE) and high yield is very
important for the sustainable development of wheat production in the North China Plain …

Our objective was to investigate the determinants of genetic variation in N accumulation, N
partitioning and N remobilization to the grain post-flowering and associations with flag-leaf …

Most of the required increases in food production over the next decades are expected to be
achieved through increases in crop yield. As wheat is essential for food security it is worrying …

While an adequate supply of food can be achieved at present for the current global
population, sustaining this into the future will be difficult in the face of a steadily increasing …

Increasing cereal yield is needed to meet the projected increased demand for world food
supply of about 70% by 2050. Sirius, a process-based model for wheat, was used to …